Hoedown

I have seen nearly every Gene Autry film. My friend Angelo knew this and found one of the two Autry films I haven't seen. Well, it technically is an Autry film and is listed when you bring up Autry's filmopgraphy on IMDB...but he only sings one song and you never see Autry in the movie (other than his face in a movie poster at the beginning). So is this a Gene Autry film....not really. Instead, it's a cute take on western cowboy stars along with a bunch of singing by country westerns stars of the day, particularly Eddy Arnold.

Stony (Jock Mahoney) is an untalented cowboy star whose one movie was a bomb. To make it worse, Stony isn't exactly the heroic sort. Sure, he looks rugged and handsome but he also faints at the sight of blood and is afraid to fight! This movie is a cute look at how Stony goes from an unemployed has-been to a guy who wins the girl and a new movie career.

The film is very tongue-in-cheek...and I liked that. My only complaint is that if you don't love old fashioned country music, it'll be mighty painful, pardner!