Call of the Canyon

Aug 17, 1942

1h 11m

★ 7.0

THRILLS!...See America's Favorite Cowboy In ACTION In His Greatest Film Triumph...

Overview

A radio saleswoman helps a singing cattleman trap a shady meat buyer with a bogus broadcast.

Genres

Western

Production Companies

Republic Pictures

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Cast

Gene Autry

Frog Millhouse

Smiley Burnette

Katherine "Kit" Carson

Ruth Terry

Grantley B. Johnson

Thurston Hall

Tadpole Millhouse

Joe Strauch Jr.

Pete Murphy

Cliff Nazarro

Jane Oakley

Dorothea Kent

Thomas McCoy

Edmund MacDonald

Horace Dunston

Marc Lawrence

The Pigeon

John Harmon

Willy Hitchcock

John Holland

Concertinist (uncredited)

Joy Barlow

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3.3

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6.0

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6.0

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3.0

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