Gene Autry Collection, The - Vol. 1 4 DVDs

This special collection includes: Cow Town, Whirlwind, The Old West & Sons of New Mexico. Cow Town: Barbed wire is brought to the open range, & the ranchers are urged by Sandy Reeves to fight against it. Reeves secretly plans to bring sheep into the territory but forgets to count in Gene Autry, who makes certain nothing dishonest goes on for very long. Crashing action & catchy Western melodies make this a true Autry classic, featuring the songs "Down in the Valley," "Buffalo Gals," "Powder Your Face with Sunshine" & "Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie." Whirlwind: A confederate guerilla raiding federal supply shipments makes his way to a frontier post during the Civil War, & it's up to Army scouts Gene Autry & Pat Buttram to track down these looters posing as Union soldiers. The Old West: Bronco buster Gene Autry trains wild steeds & then sells them to the Saddle Rock stagecoach line in the Old West. When his only competitor tries to wipe him out, Gene teams up with a preacher to tame the town that the law forgot. Gene is at his rockin', sockin' best singing songs of faith & participating in numerous gun battles as well as in a fast & furious stagecoach race. Featuring Gail Davis as the courageous stagecoach line manager, Pat Buttram as a humorous traveling peddler, & Little Champ who helps his pa & Gene Sons of New Mexico: Cattleman Gene Autry becomes the guardian of a wayward boy deeply indebted to a gambler. Hoping to straighten him out, Gene sends the boy to the New Mexico Military Institute, but the lad flees & is framed for an ex-jockey's murder. Full of rugged action & smooth Western songs, this was Autry's 70th screen feature & includes such tunes as "Can't Shake the Sands of Texas from My Shoes," "There's a Rainbow on the Rio Colorado" & "The Honey Song."