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The Big Show

Directed by Mack V. Wright
Verified19361h 11mBlack & White4.6 / 5349.0k viewsPublic Domain

At the Texas Centennial in Dallas Autry confuses two girls by being himself and his own stunt double. When cowboy star Tom Ford disappears, Wilson gets his double Gene Autry to impersonate him. But Ford owes gangster Rico $10,000 and Rico arrives to collect. He fails to get the money but learns that Autry is an impersonator and now blackmails Wilson and his movie studio. Original version runs 71 minutes, edited version runs 59 minutes.

Archivist Notes

Moongleam★★★★★

"A smaller mpeg2 file to download is <a href="http://www.archive.org/details/Big_Show_movie" rel="ugc nofollow"> here </a>."

4/20/2010
revdaddy★★★★★

"This is a totally unexpected movie. I am not usually mad about Gene Autry but this movie is a total gem. I love the music. It's popular music with ..."

4/17/2010
bigshowfan★★★★★

"Aside from the action described in the previous reviews, "The Big Show" is almost a 1936 time capsule with the scenes listed below: Filming and stunt..."

9/10/2007
Spuzz★★★★★

"Buh bye Champion This was almost a guilty pleasure to like. Gene Autry plays.. Gene Autry, a stunt double for the famous cowboy Tom Ford in his movie..."

4/2/2006
bobsluckycat★★★★

"Anyone familiar with Gene Autry and his films has seeen this film in one form or another over the years. Basically it is a musical with just enough ot..."

11/10/2005
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