Singing on the Trail (1946)

Singing on the Trail

1946

Music Western

Synopsis

In this Western, Ken Curtis, Columbia Pictures' low-budget answer to Gene Autry, romanced one of the studio's most beautiful starlets, Rita Hayworth-lookalike Dusty Anderson. She played Helen Wyatt, whose father (the rotund Guy Kibbee) loses his ranch to the hayseed singing group the Hoosier Hot Shots. Unbeknownst to Wyatt, the Hot Shots have been swindled by a couple of Eastern crooks (Ian Keith and Matt Willis) and consider themselves the lawful owners. Chased by the irascible Wyatt, the band members seek protection from aspiring singer Curt Stanton (Curtis), who they mistake for a gunslinger.

Credits

Director

Ray Nazarro

Cast

Charles Ward as Gabe (of The Hoosier Hot Shots)

Dusty Anderson as Helen Wyatt

Four Chicks and a Chuck as Speciality Act

Gil Taylor as Gil (of The Hoosier Hot Shots)

Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams as Big Boy Webster

Guy Kibbee as Dusty Wyatt

Jeff Donnell as Cindy Brown

Ken Curtis as Curt Stanton