Sons of New Mexico

December. 20,1949      NR
Rating:
6.4
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Not quite as memorable as his previous Riders in the Sky, Gene Autry's Sons of New Mexico is still well up to the star's standard. This time, Gene tries to reform Randy Pryor, a would-be juvenile delinquent, played by Autry-protégé Dick Jones (who later starred in the Autry-produced TV series Range Rider and Buffalo Bill Jr). To this end, Pryor is enrolled at the New Mexico Military Institute, where much of this film was lensed. The kid chafes at the school's regimen and escapes, heading back to his criminal mentor Pat Feeney (Robert Armstrong).

Gene Autry as  Gene Autry
Gail Davis as  Eileen MacDonald
Robert Armstrong as  Pat Feeney
Dickie Jones as  Randy Pryor
Frankie Darro as  Gig Jackson
Irving Bacon as  Chris Dobbs
Russell Arms as  Lieutenant Chuck Brunton
Marie Blake as  Hannah Dobbs
Clayton Moore as  Henchman Rufe Burns
Sandy Sanders as  Ranch hand Walt

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Reviews

Evengyny
1949/12/20

Thanks for the memories!

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Platicsco
1949/12/21

Good story, Not enough for a whole film

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Aiden Melton
1949/12/22

The storyline feels a little thin and moth-eaten in parts but this sequel is plenty of fun.

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Kamila Bell
1949/12/23

This is a coming of age storyline that you've seen in one form or another for decades. It takes a truly unique voice to make yet another one worth watching.

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classicsoncall
1949/12/24

There has probably been another Gene Autry Western without a sidekick or comedy relief character, but I can't recall one. Otherwise there's a familiar cast here with Gail Davis and Dickie Jones on hand, and Robert Armstong in an uncharacteristic heel role. There's also Clayton Moore in a pre-Lone Ranger portrayal as a villain, not unusual if you've seen a lot of older Westerns. He turned up often enough as a bad guy in pictures with Autry and Charles Starrett. One of them was Autry's "Riders of the Whistling Pines", also from 1949, the same year as this one.What brings an element of interest to the picture are a couple of scenes involving large teams of uniformed riders from the New Mexico Military Institute, with mention of nearby Roswell. This would have been a few years before the aliens landed. I'm not talking about illegal immigrants here, but those 'real' aliens from UFO's crash landing in the desert. Now that would have been an interesting plot line for Gene.The story segues a number of times before getting back on track, with Gene foiling Pat Feeney's (Armstrong) attempt to steal Randy Pryor's (Jones) horse and ranch by hook or by crook. I was surprised to see Frankie Darro show up here as Randy's buddy Gig Jackson. I guess I'm used to seeing him in flicks of an earlier era where he turned up as a young tough or a troubled teenager. There was no real reason given in the story for his change of heart in turning on Feeney, but that's how things often went back then, a way for the good guys to turn the table on the villains.Maybe more so than most Westerns, this one seemed to have a lot of scenes on horseback, and not just of the chase variety. At the military academy, Dickie Jones got to show his skill playing polo. I always thought Jones was about the best stunt rider in pictures, as evidenced by his work as the Range Rider's sidekick in the early Fifties. What I got a kick out of was old Chris Dobbs (Irving Bacon) referring to the polo match as horseback croquet.

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Carl-70
1949/12/25

Other than the scenes of the NMMI mounted corps and polo teams, this is just one more of the same cookie cutter movies Gene cranked out. It is interesting to note how the film was edited, switching you back and forth from the movie ranch in southern Cali to the plains, dust and cottonwoods of southeast NM. Gene didn't shoot so much as one scene in NM; he did go to Roswell for the premier, though. Wish I could have been there for that.

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Jim Tritten
1949/12/26

Recently restored later Gene Autry film about his efforts to save the son of his deceased best friend from the evils of gambling. Protagonist is trying to pay back his former friend who turned him in and married his girl -- hence the attempt to corrupt the son. Perhaps the best part of this otherwise lackluster film is to see shots of cadets at the New Mexico Military Institute and their post-World War II horsemanship. This must have recorded one of the last cavalry charges in the US. Recommended only for die-hard fans or alumni.

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daveblancha
1949/12/27

Robert Armstrong from King Kong and Clayton Moore, soon to be The Lone Ranger, add a bit to this mediocre late Autry product. The kid is insufferable and his worried sister not much better. Armstrong is a truly rotten villain, however.

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