Red River Valley (1936)

Passed  |   |  Action, Music, Western  |  2 March 1936 (USA)
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Gene and Frog set out to find out who has been causing the accidents at a dam construction site.

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Frances Grant ...
Mary Baxter
Boothe Howard ...
Steve Conway
Jack Kennedy ...
Mike
Champion ...
Sam Flint ...
George Baxter
George Chesebro ...
Bull Dural
Charles King ...
Sam
Eugene Jackson ...
Iodine
Edward Hearn ...
Sheriff Ed
Frank LaRue ...
Banker Moore
Ken Cooper ...
Henchman Long
Frankie Marvin ...
Henchman Becker (as Frank Marvin)
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Storyline

One of Gene Autry's early Republic westerns, the film has plenty of action and songs by Autry and Burdette, along with other musical novelty acts. Gene and his friend Frog help the valley's irrigation company solve the mystery of who's behind the terror tactics of those fighting the dam. In the process, they become implicated in a payroll robbery and must clear their names while pursuing the real robbers and trying to save the dam for the valley's drought-ravaged landowners. Written by Dale Roloff

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dam | construction | song | robbery | chase | See All (48) »

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Action | Music | Western

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Release Date:

2 March 1936 (USA)  »

Also Known As:

Man of the Frontier  »

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Budget:

$75,000 (estimated)

Gross:

$225,000 (USA)
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(2004 restoration) | (re-edited version) (edited) (re-edited) | (original)

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(RCA Victor High Fidelity Sound System)

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1.37 : 1
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Lane Chandler and Jack Rockwell are in studio records/casting call lists as cast members, but they did not appear in the movie. Neither did Bob Burns and Jack Kirk who were listed as cast members in a modern source. See more »

Quotes

Gene Autry: If you walk out now, you'll ruin the valley. Everybody will lose their homes, farms. You'll get your money! Baxter's arranging for a loan now and he'll be here to tell you himself.
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Remade as The Arizona Cowboy (1950) See more »

Soundtracks

Rienzi Overture
(1841) (excerpt) (uncredited)
Composed by Richard Wagner
('Overture' to riot at dam, as train pulls up at lineshack and disgorges the dam's defenders)
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Singing cowboy Gene Autry enlivens an otherwise dull B-grade Western.
10 June 2003 | by (California) – See all my reviews

Gene Autry is essentially the only reason to watch Red River Valley (aka Man of the Frontier). He's a pretty good actor, an even better singer, and looks good in his cowboy costume. He's an interesting person to watch. Unfortunately, he's about the only thing to recommend this film. I found the whole affair dull and, quite frankly, uninteresting. Granted, the makers of this film weren't trying to create a masterpiece. It's pretty clear that their primary objective was to quickly and cheaply make a picture with a story that would appeal to most people and that would exploit the vocal abilities of their star. Autry doesn't arrive onto the scene until several minutes into the film. When he does, he waits around for twice as long until he gets to sing. Why wait so long to have him get back to doing what he does best? I don't know. As for the rest of the cast, few of them aspire to even slightly memorable portrayals of their roles. Smiley Burnette is probably the only exception to this. The townspeople, the judge, the romantic interest, all of them are totally forgettable in their roles. Not having see any of Autry's other western vehicles, I can't honestly say that I have anything to compare this film to. This is just my first impression. Still, despite it's numerous flaws, it's still fun to watch Autry do his stuff on screen.


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