AUTRY G-CALL OF THE CANYON (DVD) DVD

Call of the Canyon
Cattleman Gene Autry is put out-to say the least-when he finds out that he's been slickered by crooked purchasing agent Thomas McCoy (Edmund MacDonald). It turns out that McCoy is in debt to bookies, and has been skimming his customers to pay off his gambling losses. Autry hopes to put a stop to all this by going directly to McCoy's boss, Grantley B. Johnson (Thurston Hall), but the Big Guy's office is crammed full of radio agents who hope to persuade Johnson to sponsor their programs. One of these agents is a young lady named Kit Carson (Ruth Terry), whose sample record disc is accidentally broken in the crush. Thus is the main plot briefly put on the back burner as Kit persuades Gene and his ranch-hand pals (the Sons of the Pioneers) to pose as radio crooners to impress Mr. Johnson. Eventually, Call of the Canyon gets back on track with an exciting runaway-buggy climax, but for the most part the film is more musical than western. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Cast Gene Autry as Gene Smiley Burnette as Frog The Sons of the Pioneers as Themselves Ruth Terry as Kit Carson Thurston Hall as Grantley B. Johnson Joe Strauch Jr. as Tadpole Cliff Nazarro as Pete Murphy Dorothea Kent as Jane Oakley Edmund MacDonald as Thomas McCoy Marc Lawrence as Horace Dunston John Harmon as The Pigeon John Holland as Willy Hitchcock

Crew Joseph Santley - Director Edward Mann - Editor Reggie Lanning - Cinematographer Harry Grey - Producer Maurice Rapf - Screen Story Olive Cooper - Screenwriter

Call of the Canyon
(not reviewed)
 

(no awards)

General Specifications: Language Options: English Subtitle Options: Sound Processing: DD1: Dolby Digital Mono Additional Features: Reminiscking with Gene Autry and Pat Buttram at the "Melody Ranch Theater" Excerpts from the original "Melody Ranch Radio Show" Production and publicity stills Poster and lobby card art Original press kit material Trivia and movie facts DVD Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1: Pre-1954 Standard MPAA Rating: NR DVD Discs Included: 1 DVD Sides: 1 DVD DVD Region Code: 1 Content Length: 71 min   DVD Chapters: Disc #1 -- Gene Autry Collection: Call of the Canyon 1. Main Title; Somebody Else Is Taking My Place [3:37] 2. 65 Dollars a Head [3:29] 3. The Whippasaw Connection [6:08] 4. Pie Eating Contest [5:03] 5. Take Me Back to My Boots and Saddle [3:29] 6. Making Othe Plans [2:01] 7. Runaway Wagon [2:59] 8. Undercover Cowboy [6:33] 9. Montana Plains [3:37] 10. Taking on McCoy [3:51] 11. Pulling Together [2:16] 12. When It's Chilly Down in Chile [4:16] 13. Call of the Canyon [2:01] 14. Cattle Run [5:14] 15. Johnson Spills the Beans [3:56] 16. Cooking a Goose [5:45] 17. The Getaway [3:10] 18. Kit Carson's Harmony Ranch [2:53] 19. End Credits [:47]