Apache Country

I have seen and enjoyed quite a few Gene Autry films, so when you read that I didn't like "Apache Country" you should realize that I wanted to enjoy this movie much more than I did. The problems were that one of the villains was REALLY obvious and the other was that there was much more singing than usual...and a lot of it consisted of yodeling!! After a while, I felt like using ear plugs...the yodeling was that annoying.

Gene is appointed by the federal government to investigate problems with some of the Native Americans out west. Specifically, groups of Apache are attacking stage coaches. Why and who is behind it is what Gene is going to investigate...and he insists that Pat (Pat Buttram) accompany him...because what good is a singing cowboy without comic relief?!

When Gene arrives and is about to ride the stage, it's VERY obvious that one of the women riding with them is evil. Watch this portion...you'll see exactly what I mean. The other lady aboard is more evil...as she loves to yodel! Technically, she's helping Gene and the side of good....but with all of Carolina Cotton's singing, you'd swear she is evil!! What's next? Well, more singing and yodeling!

Like many of Autry's films, he, Pat and also Carolina use their real names (or stage names)...which is odd but not for the genre. What IS odd is all the yodeling. I am sure that Carolina Cotton was a nice person...but I just couldn't stand all her yodeling...which is one of the big reasons this film turned me off so much.