''Rim of the Canyon'' is a 1949 American

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film directed by John English and starring and co-produced by Gene Autry; featuring Nan Leslie, and

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. Based on the short story ''Phantom .45's Talk Loud'' by Joseph Chadwick, the film is about a horse stolen by escaped convicts and the cowboy who pursues them to a

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inhabited by a ghost.

Cast

* Gene Autry as Gene Autry / Marshal Steve Autry * Champion as Champ, Gene's horse * Nan Leslie as Ruth Lambert *

as Big Tim Hanlon *

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as Loco John *

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as Jake Fargo *

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as Pete Reagan *

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as Charlie Lewis * Alan Hale Jr. as Matt Kimbrough

Production

Filming and budget

''Rim of the Canyon'' was filmed December 6–20, 1948. The film had an operating budget of $46,784 (equal to $ today).Magers 2007, p. 262.

Filming locations

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, Vasquez Rocks Natural Area Park, 10700 W. Escondido Canyon Rd., Agua Dulce, California, USA * Corriganville Movie Ranch, Simi Valley, California, USA

Soundtracks

* "

You're the Only Star in My Blue Heaven Starting as the B-side of Gene Autry's " Mexicali Rose", penned by Autry, 'You're the Only Star in My Blue Heaven' was also popular in Hillbilly jukeboxes and radios in the mid-late 1930s. After the Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc. ( CBS) purch ...

" (Gene Autry) by Gene Autry * "Rim of the Canyon" (Hy Heath, Johnny Lange) by Gene Autry

References

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External links

* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Rim of the Canyon 1949 films 1949 Western (genre) films American black-and-white films Films set in ghost towns Films based on short fiction Columbia Pictures films American Western (genre) films Films directed by John English 1940s English-language films 1940s American films