''Sioux City Sue'' is a 1946 American

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film directed by Frank McDonald and written by

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. Starring

Gene Autry Orvon Grover "Gene" Autry (September 29, 1907 – October 2, 1998), nicknamed the Singing Cowboy, was an American singer, songwriter, actor, musician, rodeo performer, and baseball owner who gained fame largely by singing in a crooning s ...

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, Richard Lane,

Ralph Sanford Ralph Dayton Sanford (May 21, 1899 – June 20, 1963) was an American film actor. He appeared in more than 180 films and in at least 200 episodes on television between 1930 and 1960, mostly bit parts or supporting roles. Sanford frequently ...

and Ken Lundy, it was released on November 21, 1946, by

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. Using a story line from the 1939 comedy ''

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'' and a 1946

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song for the title, the film marks Autry's return to the screen following his service in the

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during World War II.

Plot

Hollywood talent scout Sue Warner is in search of a singing cowboy. She discovers cattle rancher Gene Autry and offers him a contract. In danger of losing his herd and ranch from financial problems, Gene agrees to go to Hollywood if there is a part for his horse Champion, unaware that the producers only want to use his voice in an animated cartoon. After the preview, in which he feels ridiculed because his character is a donkey, he and Champ depart in a huff. The annoyed Sue also follows and gets work on Gene's ranch as a cook. Later, the studio heads, while looking at Gene's screen test, decide he is a natural and want to sign him to a contract. After a few misunderstandings, Gene realizes that Sue is sincere, and he signs a contract to star in a musical western, but first he has to stop a cattle stampede and rout a gang of rustlers trying to blow up his ranch dam.

Cast

as Gene Autry *

as Sue Warner *

as Nellie Bly *Richard Lane as Jeff Lang *

as Big Gulliver *Ken Lundy as Jody *

Helen Wallace Dame Helen Sarah Wallace, Lady Wallace of Saltaire, DBE, CMG, FBA, MAE, FAcSS (born 25 June 1946 in Whalley Range, Manchester), née Rushworth, is a British expert in European studies and, by marriage to William Wallace, Baron Wallace of Sa ...

as Miss Price *

Pierre Watkin Pierre Frank Watkin (December 29, 1887 – February 3, 1960) was an American character actor best known for playing distinguished authority figures throughout the Golden Age of Hollywood. He is best remembered for his roles of Mr. Skinner the b ...

as G.W. Rhodes *The Cass County Boys as Musical Autry Ranchhands

References

External links

* 1946 films Republic Pictures films American Western (genre) films 1946 Western (genre) films Films directed by Frank McDonald American black-and-white films 1940s English-language films 1940s American films {{1940s-Western-film-stub