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A Roundup of action actually filmed at the Texas Centennial!
At the Texas Centennial in Dallas Autry confuses two girls by being himself and his own stunt double. When cowboy star Tom Ford disappears, Wilson gets his double Gene Autry to impersonate him. But Ford owes gangster Rico $10,000 and Rico arrives to collect. He fails to get the money but learns that Autry is an impersonator and now blackmails Wilson and his movie studio. Original version runs 71 minutes, edited version runs 59 minutes.
1936-11-16
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Cast
Director
Mack V. Wright
Gene Autry as Gene Autry/Tom Ford
Smiley Burnette as Frog
Kay Hughes as Marion Hill
Sally Payne as Toodles Brown
William Newell as Lee Wilson
Max Terhune as Ventriloquist
Elmer as Ventriloquist's Dummy
Charles Judels as Swartz - Studio Head
Champion as Champion - Studio Horse
Mary Russell as Mary
Bob Nolan as Sons of the Pioneers member
Roy Rogers as Sons of the Pioneers member
Hugh Farr as Sons of the Pioneers member
Rudy Sooter as The Beverly Hill Billies member
Harry Worth as Tony Rico
Jerry Larkin as Henchman Blackie
Jack O'Shea as Henchman Joe
Wedgwood Nowell as Movie Director
Antrim Short as Studio Assistant
June Johnson as Studio Secretary
Sally Rand as State Fair Performer
Jack Rockwell as Studio Actor
Horace B. Carpenter as Studio Gateman
Art Davis as Studio Cowboy
Edward Hearn as Studio Man
Jack Ingram as Studio Cameraman
Cornelius Keefe as Studio Actor
Frances Morris as Studio Script Girl
Art Mix as Studio Stunt Double
Yakima Canutt as Driver of Cattle Truck
Slim Whitaker as Henchman
George Chesebro as Henchman
Joe Yrigoyen as State Fair Pagent Cowboy
I. Stanford Jolley as Parade Spectator