Round-up Time in Texas
Singing cowboy Gene Autry (Gene Autry) gets a telegram from his brother Tex who is prospecting for diamonds in South Africa. He and his partner made a big strike and need the biggest horse herd Gene and Frog (Smiley Burnett) can round up and wrangle onto a ship – no really. Gene, Frog, and whole Texas herd board ship for South Africa. End of western. Cue the singing . . .
Tex and partner Ed Barclay need the horses to pay off Dunbar saloon owner John Cardigan who staked them to their diamond expedition. Cardigan has other ideas. His men ambush Tex and Ed as they return to Dunbar from their Suspicion Valley claim. Ed is killed. Tex is wounded but taken prisoner for his knowledge of the claim location.
Gene, Frog, and a semi-seasick herd reach Dunbar hoping to find Tex. Cardigan tells them Tex is wanted for Ed’s murder. Gene knows his brother and doubts the story Cadigan is peddling. Cardigan takes a dislike to Gene when he horns in on Cardigan’s romantic interest, catching the eye of Ed’s daughter Gwen who sings in his saloon. Cardigan henchman Craig Johnson sets Gene and Frog up for arrest when he pays Frog for a horse with an uncut diamond. Uncut diamonds require a South African license Frog and Gene don’t have. Both are taken into custody.
Cardigan, Johnson, and Gwen set out to find the diamond claim. Gene and Frog escape arrest and catch up with them in time to be captured by local tribesmen who decide to make a fine sacrifice of them. Frog saves the day when he teaches the chief’s children to sing. The chief will let them go if Frog stays to teach the kids music.
Cardigan and Johnson head for Cardigan’s jungle camp where Tex is being held captive. Gene and Frog follow freeing Tex. Cardigan and Johnson make a break for it. Frog catches up with Johnson. Gene fights it out with Cardigan who falls off a cliff to his death. Police clean up the rest of the gang. Gene, Gwen, and Frog board ship bound for Texas and happily ever after.
Next Week: Yodelin’ Kid from Pine Ridge
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Paul
Tex and partner Ed Barclay need the horses to pay off Dunbar saloon owner John Cardigan who staked them to their diamond expedition. Cardigan has other ideas. His men ambush Tex and Ed as they return to Dunbar from their Suspicion Valley claim. Ed is killed. Tex is wounded but taken prisoner for his knowledge of the claim location.
Gene, Frog, and a semi-seasick herd reach Dunbar hoping to find Tex. Cardigan tells them Tex is wanted for Ed’s murder. Gene knows his brother and doubts the story Cadigan is peddling. Cardigan takes a dislike to Gene when he horns in on Cardigan’s romantic interest, catching the eye of Ed’s daughter Gwen who sings in his saloon. Cardigan henchman Craig Johnson sets Gene and Frog up for arrest when he pays Frog for a horse with an uncut diamond. Uncut diamonds require a South African license Frog and Gene don’t have. Both are taken into custody.
Cardigan, Johnson, and Gwen set out to find the diamond claim. Gene and Frog escape arrest and catch up with them in time to be captured by local tribesmen who decide to make a fine sacrifice of them. Frog saves the day when he teaches the chief’s children to sing. The chief will let them go if Frog stays to teach the kids music.
Cardigan and Johnson head for Cardigan’s jungle camp where Tex is being held captive. Gene and Frog follow freeing Tex. Cardigan and Johnson make a break for it. Frog catches up with Johnson. Gene fights it out with Cardigan who falls off a cliff to his death. Police clean up the rest of the gang. Gene, Gwen, and Frog board ship bound for Texas and happily ever after.
Next Week: Yodelin’ Kid from Pine Ridge
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Ride easy,
Paul
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