Gold Mine in the Sky


Gold Mine in the Sky is a 1938 Western film directed by Joseph Kane and starring Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette, and Carol Hughes. Based on a story by Betty Burbridge, the film is about a singing cowboy and ranch foreman who, as executor of the owner's will, must see that the daughter and heiress does not marry without his approval.

Plot

Gene Autry plays a singing ranch foreman who, as executor of the will of the property's owner, must ensure that Cody, the daughter/heiress doesn't marry without his approval. Cody wishes to marry Larry Cummings, but Gene refuses, prompting Cummings to attempt to have Gene killed. When this fails, Cummings then demands money so Cody stages a fake kidnapping to raise the funds. However, her plan backfires after Cummings learns about it and turns it into a real kidnapping.

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Soundtrack

  • "There's A Gold Mine in the Sky" by Gene Autry and Cowhands
  • "Hummin' When We're Comin' Round the Bend" by Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette, Fred 'Snowflake' Toones, Jack Kirk and Cowhands
  • "There's No Place Like Home " by Smiley Burnette and Helen Ainsworth
  • "That's How Donkeys Were Born" by Smiley Burnette, Frankie Marvin, and J.L. Franks' Golden West Cowboys
  • "Frühlingslied Op.62 #6" by The Stafford Sisters
  • "Dude Ranch Cowhands" by Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette, The Stafford Sisters, and J.L. Franks' Golden West Cowboys
  • "I'd Love to Call You My Sweetheart" by Gene Autry
  • "Hike Yaa Move Along" by Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette, and Cowhands
  • "Tumbleweed Tenor" by Smiley Burnette, Frankie Marvin, and J.L. Franks' Golden West Cowboys
  • "As Long as I Have My Horse" by Gene Autry