Beyond the Purple Hills

July. 25,1950      NR
Rating:
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Gene Autry becomes the new Sheriff after bank robbers kill the former sheriff. When Judge Beaumont is murdered, evidence points to the judge's wild son. Believing the young man, Gene tries to help.

Gene Autry as  Gene Autry
Champion as  Champ - Gene's Horse
Jo-Carroll Dennison as  Mollie Rayburn
Don Beddoe as  Amos Rayburn
James Millican as  Rocky Morgan
Don Reynolds as  Chip Beaumont
Hugh O'Brian as  Jack Beaumont
Roy Gordon as  Judge Beaumont
Harry Harvey as  Sheriff Whiteside
Pat Buttram as  Mike Rawley

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Reviews

Evengyny
1950/07/25

Thanks for the memories!

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Listonixio
1950/07/26

Fresh and Exciting

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Odelecol
1950/07/27

Pretty good movie overall. First half was nothing special but it got better as it went along.

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Fatma Suarez
1950/07/28

The movie's neither hopeful in contrived ways, nor hopeless in different contrived ways. Somehow it manages to be wonderful

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