Cow Town
When stable owner Reeves pins down henchmen Mike and Ed during the posse chase, he tells them to throw down their guns and step out in the open. They do so with their hands in the air, and Reeves shoots them both. However when Gene Autry and the sheriff arrive, both of the men are shown with a gun in their outstretched hands after Reeves says that they were going to fire on him.,Powder Your Face With Sunshine
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Written by Carmen Lombardo and Stanley Rochinski
Sung by Gene Autry,Cow Town begins with a prologue all about the joys of barbed wire. Whatever. Following this, there is a scene with a lot of townspeople and I noticed that nearly everyone looked old! I can only assume that the producers deliberately used a lot of older actors in order to make the aging Gene Autry look younger, as his best days in Hollywood were a decade ago. Is this one worth seeing or is it yet another tired late career Autry westerns?

The story begins with Gene taking a couple rustlers to the sheriff. On the way, a VERY angry and incredibly stereotypical woman draws a gun on Gene and tries to stop him. I say incredibly stereotypical because in so many of his and Roy Rogers' films women are inexplicably angry and just plain nasty...only to be tamed by the hero...a cliche I could REALLY do without! Soon she's organized a jail break for the two accused rustlers! And, they shoot their way to freedom! Is this woman the ultimate villain or just a real dumb idiot? Tune in to find out for yourself.

This film is a great example of a film where characters behave inconsistently...and foolishly. To me, this is just bad writing...even for a B-western. When you see Duke and his sister, you never have any idea WHAT they are going to say and do...and I assume that the actors felt the same way! It's a huge problem with the story and makes this one of Autry's weakest outings.

While the plot really let me down, one thing I do need to say in praise of the film is the gorgeous use of the scenery in Lone Pine, California. While hundreds of westerns were filmed here, I cannot recall a black & white movie that made the mountains there look so good. Cheers to the cinematographer, William Bradford.,