''Beyond the Purple Hills'' is a 1950 American

Western Western may refer to: Places *Western, Nebraska, a village in the US *Western, New York, a town in the US *Western Creek, Tasmania, a locality in Australia *Western Junction, Tasmania, a locality in Australia *Western world, countries that id ...

film directed by John English and written by Norman S. Hall. The film stars

Gene Autry Orvon Grover "Gene" Autry (September 29, 1907 – October 2, 1998), nicknamed the Singing Cowboy, was an American actor, musician, singer, composer, rodeo performer, and baseball team owner, who largely gained fame by singing in a Crooner ...

, Jo-Carroll Dennison,

Don Beddoe Donald Theophilus Beddoe (July 1, 1903 – January 19, 1991) was an American character actor. Early years Born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Beddoe was the son of Dan Beddoe, a Welsh classical singer, and his wife Mary. He graduated from the ...

James Millican James Millican (February 17, 1910 – November 24, 1955) was an American actor with over 200 film appearances mostly in western movies. Millican was the son of Fred S. Millican, a circus owner, and Dorothy Millican. Millican was a clos ...

, Don Reynolds and

Hugh O'Brian Hugh O'Brian (born Hugh Charles Krampe; April 19, 1925 – September 5, 2016) was an American actor and humanitarian, best known for his starring roles in the American Broadcasting Company, ABC Western (genre), Western television series ' ...

. The film was released on July 25, 1950, by

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Plot

When a bank robbery results in the death of the sheriff, Judge Beaumont (Roy Gordon) asks horse trainer Gene Autry (Gene Autry) to take the sheriff's place. Gene, who has helped Beaumont deal with his fractious son, Jack (Hugh O'Brian), agrees. Beaumont then reveals that he wants to rewrite his will to leave Jack out, prompting a fight between father and son. When the judge is murdered soon after, Gene is forced to arrest Jack, despite not believing that he is guilty.

Cast

as Gene Autry * Jo-Carroll Dennison as Mollie Rayburn *

as Amos Rayburn *

as Rocky Morgan * Don Reynolds as Chip Beaumont *

as Jack Beaumont *Roy Gordon as Judge Beaumont *

Harry Harvey Sr. Harry William Harvey, Sr. (January 10, 1901 – November 27, 1985) was an American actor of theatre, film, and television, with more than 300 movies and TV episodes to his credit. Movie fans know Harry Harvey as Leon Errol's perennial conf ...

as Sheriff Whiteside *

Pat Buttram Maxwell Emmett "Pat" Buttram (June 19, 1915 – January 8, 1994) was an American character actor. Buttram was known for playing the sidekick of Gene Autry and for playing the character of Mr. Haney in the television series ''Green Acres''. He had ...

as Mike Rawley * Gregg Barton as Ross Pardee * Robert J. Wilke as Jim Connors *Ralph Peters as Tim * Frank Ellis as Corey * John Cliff as Dave Miller *Sandy Sanders as Doghouse *Frankie Marvin as Marty * Boyd Stockman as Ed * Maudie Prickett as Aggie *

Champion the Wonder Horse Champion the Wonder Horse was the on-screen companion of singing cowboy Gene Autry in 79 films between 1935 and 1952, and 91 television episodes of ''The Gene Autry Show'' between 1950 and 1955. In addition, Champion starred in 26 episodes of his ...

as Champ

References

External links

* 1950 films American Western (genre) films 1950 Western (genre) films Columbia Pictures films Films directed by John English American black-and-white films 1950s English-language films 1950s American films English-language Western (genre) films {{1950s-US-Western-film-stub