Oh, Susanna!
Oh, Susanna! is a 1936 American Western film directed by Joseph Kane and starring Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette, and Frances Grant. Written by Oliver Drake, the film is about a cowboy who is robbed and then thrown from a train by an escaped murderer who then takes on the cowboy's identity.
Plot
Singing cowboy Gene Autry (Gene Autry) is traveling to Mineral Springs Ranch to visit an old friend, Jefferson Lee (Carl Stockdale), whom he hasn't seen in fifteen years. On the train, he is robbed and then thrown from the train by escaped murderer Wolf Benson (Boothe Howard). Believing Gene to be dead, Wolf plans to travel to Mineral Springs Ranch and pose as the radio celebrity in order to collect the $10,000 that Lee owes Gene.
More details
author | Oliver Drake |
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director | Gene Autry Joseph Kane Nat Levine Oliver Drake Smiley Burnette |
editor | Lester Orlebeck |
genre | romance western |
keywords | arrest frances grant kill old friend rescue rid singing cowboy spring travel walter james |
musicBy | Harry Grey |
producer | Nat Levine |
productionCompany | Republic Pictures |
publisher | Republic Pictures |