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Melody Ranch is a 1940 Western musical film directed by Joseph Santley and starring Gene Autry, Jimmy Durante, and Ann Miller. Written by Jack Moffitt, F. Hugh Herbert, Bradford Ropes, and Betty Burbridge, the film is about a singing cowboy who returns to his hometown to restore order when his former childhood enemies take over the frontier town. In 2002, the film was added to the National Film Registry by the National Film Preservation Board and selected for preservation as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant."
Original Release
11/15/1940
US Release
11/15/1940
Cast
Name | Character |
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Gene Autry | Gene Autry / Cornelius J. Courtney |
Jimmy Durante | Cornelius J. Courtney / Cornelius Jupiter Courtney |
Ann Miller | Julie Shelton |
Barton MacLane | Mark Wildhack |
Barbara Jo Allen | Veronica Whipple |
George 'Gabby' Hayes | Pop Laramie |
Jerome Cowan | Tommy Summerville |
Mary Lee | Penny Curtis |
Joe Sawyer | Jasper Wildhack |
Horace McMahon | Bud Wildhack |
Directors
Writers
Jack Moffitt, F. Hugh Herbert, Bradford Ropes, Betty Burbridge, Sid Kuller, Ray Golden
Cast
Name | Character |
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Gene Autry | Gene Autry / Cornelius J. Courtney |
Jimmy Durante | Cornelius J. Courtney / Cornelius Jupiter Courtney |
Ann Miller | Julie Shelton |
Barton MacLane | Mark Wildhack |
Barbara Jo Allen | Veronica Whipple |
George 'Gabby' Hayes | Pop Laramie |
Jerome Cowan | Tommy Summerville |
Mary Lee | Penny Curtis |
Joe Sawyer | Jasper Wildhack |
Horace McMahon | Bud Wildhack |
Clarence Wilson | Judge Henderson / Judge 'Skinny' Henderson |
William 'Billy' Benedict | Slim |
The Kidoodlers | Barbershop Quartet |
Maxine Ardell | Majorette |
Chuck Baldra | Musician |
Billy Bletcher | Scarlet Shadow Radio Actor / 'Scarlet Shadow' Radio Actor |
Priscilla Bonner | Saloon Hostess |
Veda Ann Borg | Receptionist / Radio StationReceptionist |
Rudy Bowman | Townsman |
Buck Bucko | Henchman |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Sol C. Siegel | Producer |