© The Vitaphone Corp.; 19Sep46; MP1148.
THE BIG SOMBRERO. Gene Autry Productions, c1948. 7 reels, sd., color, 35mm.
Summary: Gene Autry, foreman of a Mexican ranch, protects the ranch owner and her neighbors from the schemes of a dishonest manager.
Credits: Producer, Armand Schaefer; director, Frank McDonald; original screenplay, Olive Cooper; music director, Mischa Bakaleinikoff; film editor, Henry Batista.
Cast: Gene Autry, Elena Verdugo, Stephen Dunne, George J. Lewis, Champion, the horse.
© Gene Autry Productions; 27Sep48; LP1832.
THE BIG STEAL. RKO Radio Pictures, Inc., c1949. 71 min., sd., b&w, 35mm. Based on the story "The Road to Carmichael's" by Richard Wormser.
Summary: A mystery melodrama in which an army payroll thief is pursued to his hiding place in the Sierra Madre mountains. Filmed in Mexico.
Credits: Producer, Jack J. Gross; director, Don Siegel; screenplay, Geoffrey Homes, Gerald Drayson Adams; music, Leigh Harline; music director, C. Bakaleinikoff; film editor, Samuel E. Beetley.
Cast: Robert Mitchum, Jane Greer, William Bendix, Patric Knowles, Ramon Novarro.