The best Gene Autry’s action movies

Gene Autry

Gene Autry

29/09/1907- 02/10/1998
We present our ranking of the best Gene Autry’s movies. Do you love cinema? Or are you looking for a movie of your favorite actor to watch tonight? Surely you have some to see or that you did not know yet about Gene Autry.

Shooting High

Shooting High
5.8/10
A movie company making a film about a famous sheriff hires his grandson as a stand-in for the lead.

Mexicali Rose

Mexicali Rose
6.4/10
Gene Autry and his sidekick Frog look into a phony oil scam being perpetrated on a mission orphanage.

The Phantom Empire

The Phantom Empire
6.2/10
When the ancient continent of Mu sank beneath the ocean, some of its inhabitant survived in caverns beneath the sea. Cowboy singer Gene Autry stumbles upon the civilization, now buried beneath his own Radio Ranch. The Muranians have developed technology and weaponry such as television and ray guns. Their rich supply of radium draws unscrupulous speculators from the surface. The peaceful civilization of the Muranians is corrupted by the greed from above, and it becomes Autry's task to prevent all-out war, ideally without disrupting his regular radio show.

Mystery Mountain

Mystery Mountain
7.1/10
  • Genre: Action
  • Release: 02/12/1934
  • Character: Teamster Thomas (ch's 6-8) (uncredited)
Ken Williams is determined to discover the identity of the mysterious Rattler, who preys upon railroads and transportation companies like that owned by Jane Corwin. The Rattler is especially difficult to catch because of his skill at disguising himself as other people.

Apache Country

Apache Country
5.9/10
A criminal gang provokes the local Apaches in order to divert the authorities' attention from their own activities.

Western Jamboree

Western Jamboree
5.8/10
Knowing that is contains valuable helium gas, a gang of bad guys first tries to purchase the ranch which Gene straw-bosses. When that fails, they lay a hidden pipeline to snag the gas.

Red River Valley

Red River Valley
5.4/10
Gene and Frog set out to find out who has been causing the accidents at a dam construction site.

Blue Montana Skies

Blue Montana Skies
6.6/10
Gene Autry follows a clue written on a rock by his murdered partner and discovers a fur smuggling operation near the Canadian border.

Boots and Saddles

Boots and Saddles
5.6/10
Young Englishman inherits ranch which he wants to sell, but Gene's gonna turn him into a real westerner instead. When new owner Spud arrives from England, Autry convinces him not to sell the ranch but to raise horses for the Army. When both Autry's and Neale's bids are the same, the Colonel calls for a race to decide the winner. But that night Neale has Autry's stable burned.

Riders of the Whistling Pines

Riders of the Whistling Pines
5.7/10
While trailing Forest Ranger Charles Carter, who is suspected of permitting lumber man Henry Mitchell to cut restricted timber, Gene fires at a dangerous mountain lion and apparently kills Carter. Actually, Bill Wright, Mitchell's associate, killed Carter because the ranger had discovered tussock moth infestation in the forest, and if the infestation was not reported, the trees would die and have to be cut, thereby profiting Mitchell and Wright. In order to compensate the best he can, Gene sells his sportsman's camp and gives the money to Carter's daughter Helen . En route to Texas, Gene discovers the infestation and is assigned by the Forest Department to supervise the program of spraying the area with DDT from the air. After the first day of spraying, the DDT is blamed by furious stock men for the many animals found dead of poisoning.

Ridin' on a Rainbow

Ridin' on a Rainbow
5.5/10
When the showboat hits town, two men use the parade as a distraction to rob the bank. Their accomplice is Pop, the clown from the showboat. He leaves the money on the boat and tells his daughter Patsy to bring it to him at a later stop on the river. Gene's investigation of a bank robbery takes him to the showboat where he becomes a performer. Gene and Frog try to find the money while helping Patsy and her father.

Valley of Fire

Valley of Fire
5.8/10
An outcast gambler hijacks a wagon train of eligible women taken west by a mayor.

The Old Corral

The Old Corral
5.7/10
As the sheriff of a small western town, Autry sings his way into a relationship with Eleanor, a singer from a Chicago nightclub who earlier witnessed a murder.

The Big Show

The Big Show
5.7/10
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.

Men with Steel Faces

Men with Steel Faces
4.4/10
Re-edited feature version of serial The Phantom Empire (1935). Singer Gene Autry discovers a race of advanced humans living beneath the earth.

Round-Up Time in Texas

Round-Up Time in Texas
4.7/10
Gene and Frog arrive with a herd of horses for Gene'e brother, a diamond prospector whose work has attracted the interest of a bunch of badguys.

Ride, Ranger, Ride

Ride, Ranger, Ride
4.9/10
  • Genre: ActionWestern
  • Release: 30/11/1936
  • Character: Texas Ranger Gene Autry
It is the story of Gene's, a Cavalry scout, who manages to quell an Indian uprising.

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