Sierra Sue
Sierra Sue is a 1941 American Western film directed by William Morgan and starring Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette, and Fay McKenzie. Written by Earl Felton and Julian Zimet, the film is about a government inspector investigating a poisonous weed that is destroying the rangeland supporting the areas cattle. The inspector must persuade the ranchers to reject a plan to burn the land and support a new process of chemical spraying from an airplane. The film features the popular Autry songs Be Honest With Me, Ridin the Range, and the title track.
While riding to Sierra City, singing cowboy and government specialist Gene Autry Gene Autry meets Larrabees daughter Sue Fay McKenzie who does not know he is from the Department of Agriculture. Later, Gene and his sidekick Frog Millhouse Smiley Burnette rescue a wounded pilot from a crashed planea plane carrying a large loan to Bromfield for the ranchers. Gene leaves the pilot with a farmer and heads to the bank with the money. Believing that they have stolen the money, the farmer alerts the sheriff who organizes a posse, tracks Gene and Frog down, and arrests them. Genes assistant, Jarvis Kermit Maynard, arrives to identify them, and soon they are freed.During his investigation, Gene has a confrontation with Larrabees foreman, Brandywine Earle Hodgins, who is attempting to burn Larrabee land at his boss instruction. When Larrabee and Sue arrive, Gene is able to convince them to keep an open mind and that all ranchers must cooperate if they are to solve the problem. Later at the carnival, Gene romances Sue while Frog is seduced by fortune teller Verebel Featherstone Dorothy Christy, who is paid by Gene to keep Frog distracted and away from Sue. Verebel hypnotizes Frog and convinces him to become a human cannonball and be shot from a cannon. ........
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