Tumbling Tumbleweeds (1935 film)

Tumbling Tumbleweeds is a 1935 American Western film directed by Joseph Kane and starring Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette, and Lucile Browne. Written by Ford Beebe, the film is about a cowboy who returns home after a fiveyear absence to find his father murdered and his boyhood pal accused of the dastardly deed. Tumbling Tumbleweeds features the songs Riding Down the Canyon, That SilverHaired Daddy of Mine, and the Bob Nolan classic Tumbling Tumbleweeds.

While at an abandoned nesters cabin, the group is held up by Harry Brooks Cornelius Keefe, whom Gene recognizes as his old friend. Wounded and semidelirious, Harry induces Gene to hide him from the posse headed by Sheriff Manley George Burton. The deputy later returns and tries to shoot Harry, but Gene chases him away.In town, the deputy reports to Barney Craven Edward Hearn, leader of a gang which is trying to silence Harry. Meanwhile, Gene and his friends set up a performance in town, but it is interrupted by Cravens men, who report that Harry is wanted for the murder of Genes father. Hastening to Harrys home, Gene confronts his former sweetheart Janet, now Harrys wife, and meets Janets younger sister Jerry Lucile Browne, whom he had only known as a girl. They assure Gene of Harrys innocence and reveal that Harry and Genes father were about to sign a settlement over disputed water rights. ........

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