Colorado Sunset

Colorado Sunset

Colorado Sunset

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Colorado Sunset

"A TROUBADOR Who wrote songs in GUNSMOKE!"

1939

1h 5m

7.0(2 votes)

Western

Overview

When his well-meaning sidekick (Smiley Burnette) buys a cow farm instead of a cattle ranch, singing cowpoke Gene Autry prepares to embrace the dairy business. But with a corrupt association bent on driving up milk prices, it's up to newly elected Sheriff Gene to clean up the mess. Country music icon Patsy Montana sings "I Want to Be a Cowboy's Sweetheart," while radio crooners the Texas Rangers perform alongside Autry.

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Republic Pictures

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Cast & crew

10 featured cast members

Starring

Gene Autry

Gene Autry

Gene Autry

Smiley Burnette

Smiley Burnette

Frog Millhouse

June Storey

June Storey

Carol Haines

Barbara Pepper

Barbara Pepper

Ginger Bixby

Buster Crabbe

Buster Crabbe

Dave Haines (as Larry "Buster" Crabbe)

Robert Barrat

Robert Barrat

Dr. Rodney Blair

Patsy Montana

Patsy Montana

Patsy

Purnell Pratt

Purnell Pratt

Mr. Hall

William Farnum

William Farnum

Sheriff George Glenn

Kermit Maynard

Kermit Maynard

Cyrus Drake

Creative team

Directed by: George Sherman
Written by: Betty Burbridge
Stanley Roberts

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