Cowboy Serenade
Cowboy Serenade is a 1942 American Western film directed by William Morgan and starring Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette, and Fay McKenzie. Written by Olive Cooper, the film is about a singing cowboy and cattleman who goes after a gambling ring after they fleece the cattlemen associations representative of their cattle. The film features the songs Nobody Knows, and Sweethearts or Strangers, and the title song.
Back in town, the distraught cattlemen prepare to swear out a warrant for Jimmys arrest. Gene and his sidekick Frog Millhouse Smiley Burnette ask them to hold off, offering to go to Hays City to search for him. At Hays City, Gene and Frog meet with District Attorney Stevens Forbes Murray, who tells them about Trambeaus crooked gambling ring, which is responsible for fleecing many ranchers. Stevens explains that the spur railway line on which Trambeau and Crowley operate is out of his jurisdiction, and that he cannot investigate it without the permission of the lines owner, Asa Lock Addison Richards. Stevens does not know that Trambeau and Crowley receive their orders directly from Asa, the secret leader of the gambling ring.Gene and Frog go to Asas office seeking his help, but learn he is out of town. They meet his daughter Stephanie Fay McKenzie, who hires them as ranchhands, assuming they are looking for work. Soon, Gene is romancing Stephanie, while her aunt, Priscilla Smythe Cecil Cunningham, pursues Frog. The romancing is interrupted, however, when Asa returns to the ranch. Gene reveals the purpose of his visit and asks Asa to allow an investigation of the spur line. Asa refuses to cooperate, and goes off to contact Trambeau and Crowley, ordering them to hide out near the ranch. Unaware of her fathers criminality, Stephanie tells Gene that she can prove her fathers innocence, and soon gives Stevens permission to conduct his investigation. ........
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