Description

Oh, Susanna! is a 1936 American Western (genre) film directed by Joseph Kane and starring Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette, and Frances Grant. Written by Oliver Drake (filmmaker), 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.

Cast

• Gene Autry as Gene Autry / Tex Smith
• Smiley Burnette as Frog Millhouse
• Frances Grant as Mary Ann Lee
• Earle Hodgins as Professor Ezekial Daniels
• Donald Kirke as Flash Baldwin
• Boothe Howard as Wolf Benson
• The Light Crust Doughboys as Western Band
• Champion as Champion, Autry’s Horse
• Clara Kimball Young as Aunt Peggy Lee
• Edward Peil Sr. as Mineral Springs Sheriff
• Frankie Marvin as Henchman Hank
• Carl Stockdale as Jefferson Lee
• Roscoe Gerald as Irate Farmer
• Roger Gray as Sage City Judge
• Fred Burns as Cottonwood Sheriff Jones
• Walter James (actor) as Sage City Sheriff Briggs
• Lew Meehan as Henchman Pete
• Fred Snowflake Toones as Train Porter

Production

Stuntwork

• Yakima Canutt
• Tommy Coats
• Jay Wilsey
• Joe Yrigoyen

Filming locations

• Alabama Hills, Lone Pine, California, USA
• Kernville, California, USA
• Saugus Train Depot, Saugus, California, USA

Soundtrack

• “Oh! Susanna” (Stephen Foster) opening credits medley
• “Oh! Susanna” (Stephen Foster) by Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette, and Earle Hodgins (a cappella)
• “Oh! Susanna” (Stephen Foster) by Smiley Burnette (accordion)
• “Oh! Susanna” (Stephen Foster) by The Light Crust Doughboys
• “Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair” (Stephen Foster) opening credits medley
• “Gwine to Rune All Night (De Camptown Races)” (Stephen Foster) opening credits medley
• “Old Folks at Home (Swanee River)” (Stephen Foster) opening credits medley
• “Dear Old Western Skies” (Gene Autry) by Gene Autry
• “Honeymoon Trail” by Gene Autry
• “Tiger Rag” (Edwin B. Edwards, Nick LaRocca, Tony Sbarbaro, Henry Ragas, Larry Shields, Harry DeCosta) by The Light Crust Doughboys
• “They Never Come Through with the Ring” by Smiley Burnette and Earle Hodgins with The Light Crust Doughboys
• “Ride On Vaquero” (Abel Baer, L. Wolfe Gilbert) by The Light Crust Doughboys
• “Water Wheel” (Sam H. Stept) by Gene Autry and Frances Grant with Autry on guitar
• “As Our Pals Ride By” by The Light Crust Doughboys