Gaucho Serenade 1940

Synopsis:

Gene Autry and sidekick Frog Millhouse depart Madison Square Garden and NYC heading west for home in their car and a horse trailer carrying Gene's horse, Champion. They discover that Ronnie Willoughby, a young boy just off the boat from school in England, has hitched a ride, thinking that Gene and Frog were sent by his father to meet him. Ronnie thinks his father is a big rancher in the west and doesn't know that his father, Alfred Willoughby, is serving time in San Quentin prison because of a frame-up by the officials of a packing company. To keep the father from testifying against them, the packing company officials, Carter, Jenkins and Martin, have arranged for the boy to be kidnapped. Along the way a runaway bride, Joyce Halloway, and her young sister Patsy join the troupe.

Directed by: Frank McDonald
Written by: Betty Burbridge & Bradford Ropes
Runtime: 66 minutes
Tagline: It's Gene at his best ! Singing, riding, fighting his way into great new adventure !
Cast:
Gene Autry
Gene Autry
Gene Autry 
Smiley Burnette
Smiley Burnette
Frog Millhouse 
June Storey
June Storey
Joyce Halloway 
Mary Lee
Mary Lee
Patsy Halloway 
Duncan Renaldo
Duncan Renaldo
Gaucho Don José 
Clifford Severn
Clifford Severn
Ronnie Willoughby