A cowboy fever dream stitched together from forgotten film reels — nostalgia on a bender.
A Western-genre narrative, loosely woven from old clips from B-Western features.
Editing
Frankenstein editing that somehow makes 40 movies into one.
Production
Archive footage archaeology — spot the forgotten stars.
Director
Richard Patterson
Pat Buttram
Narrator
Rex Allen
(archive footage)
Gene Autry
(archive footage)
Don 'Red' Barry
(archive footage)
Robert Blake
(archive footage)
William Boyd
(archive footage)
Johnny Mack Brown
(archive footage)
Smiley Burnette
(archive footage)
Buster Crabbe
(archive footage)
Bill Elliott
(archive footage)
Hoot Gibson
(archive footage)
Monte Hale
(archive footage)
Raymond Hatton
(archive footage)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Pat Buttram was Gene Autry's actual sidekick on radio and TV for years — this narration gig was basically a paid reunion with his old boss's ghost.
This film is essentially a feature-length YouTube compilation before YouTube existed, proving recycling content is as old as Hollywood itself.
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