The Big Show

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The Big Show

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16 Nov 1936

Description

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.

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Cast

  • Gene Autry Gene Autry, Tom Ford
  • Smiley Burnette Frog
  • Kay Hughes Marion Hill
  • Charles Judels Swartz, studio head
  • Sons of the Pioneers Musicians
  • The Beverly Hillbillies Musicians
  • Wedgwood Nowell Movie Director
  • June Johnson Studio Secretary
  • Sally Payne Toodles Brown
  • William Newell Lee Wilson
  • Max Terhune Ventriloquist
  • The Jones Boys Singers
  • The Light Crust Doughboys Musicians
  • Champion Champion, studio horse
  • Rex King Fred Collins
  • Harry J. Worth Tony Rico
  • Mary Russell Mary
  • Christine Maple Miss Van Every, Ford's Fiancee
  • Jerry Larkin Henchman Blackie
  • Jack O'Shea Henchman Joe
  • Antrim Short Studio Assistant
  • Grace Durkin Studio Girl
  • William Newman Lee Wilson

Director

  • Mack V. Wright
  • Joseph Kane

Screenwriter

  • Dorrell McGowan
  • Stuart E. McGowan

Director of Photography

  • Edgar Lyons
  • William Nobles

Producer

  • Nat Levine