Red River Valley (1936 film)

Red River Valley, later retitled Man of the Frontier for American television screening is a 1936 American Western film directed by B. Reeves Eason and starring Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette, and Frances Grant. Written by Dorrell and Stuart E. McGowan, the film is about a ditch rider and his sidekick who set out to find out who has been causing the accidents at a dam construction site.

At the Red River Land and Irrigation Company, Steve Conway Boothe Howard works for Mary Baxter Frances Grant and her father, George Baxter Sam Flint. Jealous of Marys attention towards Gene, Conway joins Moore in his scheming actions and hires Bull Dural and his gang to dynamite the water gates and kill the ditch riders.On his first night on the job, Gene and his friend Frog Millhouse Smiley Burnette are almost killed. They apprehend Bulls henchmen and turn them over to the sheriff. Conway and Bull then rob the payroll, accuse Gene of the crime, and encourage Baxters workmen to revolt by destroying the dam. Gene and Frog go after Bull, while Baxter and the railroad conductor hold off the men at the dam until Gene arrives with Bull and the payroll. ........

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