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The Old Corral is a 1936 American Western film directed by Joseph Kane and starring Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette, and Irene Manning. Based on a story by Bernard McConville, the film is about a sheriff of a small western town who sings his way into a relationship with a singer from a Chicago nightclub who earlier witnessed a murder.
The film features an uncredited and unshaven Roy Rogers as the leader of the O'Keefe Brothers, played by the singing Sons of the Pioneers, a troupe of western singers trying to break into radio. Rogers' first appearance, in which he and his group rob a busload of people to garner publicity, ends with Autry threatening to arrest Rogers as soon as he's back on a horse. Sixteen months after The Old Corral was released, Roy Rogers starred in his first feature film, Under Western Stars.
Original Release
12/21/1936
US Release
12/21/1936
Cast
Name | Character |
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Gene Autry | Sheriff Gene Autry |
Smiley Burnette | Deputy Frog / Deputy Frog Millhouse |
Irene Manning | Eleanor Spencer - aka Jane Edwards / Eleanor Spencer, aka Jane Edwards |
Sons of the Pioneers | O'Keefe Brothers |
Champion | Champ - Gene's Horse |
Cornelius Keefe | Martin Simms |
Lon Chaney Jr. | Garland - Simms' Partner / Garland - Simms partner |
John Bradford | Mike Scarlotti |
Milburn Morante | Clem Snodgrass |
Abe Lefton | Abe - Rodeo Announcer |
Directors
Writers
Bernard McConville, Sherman L. Lowe, Joseph F. Poland
Cast
Name | Character |
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Gene Autry | Sheriff Gene Autry |
Smiley Burnette | Deputy Frog / Deputy Frog Millhouse |
Irene Manning | Eleanor Spencer - aka Jane Edwards / Eleanor Spencer, aka Jane Edwards |
Sons of the Pioneers | O'Keefe Brothers |
Champion | Champ - Gene's Horse |
Cornelius Keefe | Martin Simms |
Lon Chaney Jr. | Garland - Simms' Partner / Garland - Simms partner |
John Bradford | Mike Scarlotti |
Milburn Morante | Clem Snodgrass |
Abe Lefton | Abe - Rodeo Announcer |
Merrill McCormick | Joe - Scarlotti Henchman |
Charles Sullivan | Frank - Scarlotti Henchman |
Buddy Roosevelt | Tony - Scarlotti Driver |
Lynton Brent | Dunn - Dealer |
Frankie Marvin | Wife-Beating Prisoner |
Ed 'Oscar' Platt | Oscar - Gas Station Attendant |
Lou Fulton | Elmer - Stuttering Gas Station Attendant |
Silver Tip Baker | Barfly |
Bob Card | Townsman |
Ken Cooper | Posse Rider Pete |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Nat Levine | Producer |
Armand Schaefer | Producer |