The Big Show

The Big Show

A Roundup of action actually filmed at the Texas Centennial!

NR 1936 · 71 min · ★ 4.7 · Action, Drama, Music, Romance, Western

At the Texas Centennial in Dallas Autry confuses two girls by being himself and his own stunt double. When cowboy star Tom Ford disappears, Wilson gets his double Gene Autry to impersonate him. But Ford owes gangster Rico $10,000 and Rico arrives to collect. He fails to get the money but learns that Autry is an impersonator and now blackmails Wilson and his movie studio. Original version runs 71 minutes, edited version runs 59 minutes.

Directed by Mack V. Wright · Written by Dorrell McGowan

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Gene Autry Gene Autry/Tom Ford
Smiley Burnette Frog
Kay Hughes Marion Hill
Sally Payne Toodles Brown
William Newman Lee Wilson
Max Terhune Ventriloquist
Charles Judels Swartz - Studio Head
Champion Champion - Studio Horse
Rex King Fred Collins
Mary Russell Mary

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