Riders of the Whistling Pines
AUTRY COMES ROARING OUT OF THE SKIES...to save the forests from outlaw lumber ring!
1949 en 70 minutes
Rating: 5
Plot
While trailing Forest Ranger Charles Carter, who is suspected of permitting lumber man Henry Mitchell to cut restricted timber, Gene fires at a dangerous mountain lion and apparently kills Carter. Actually, Bill Wright, Mitchell's associate, killed Carter because the ranger had discovered tussock moth infestation in the forest, and if the infestation was not reported, the trees would die and have to be cut, thereby profiting Mitchell and Wright. In order to compensate the best he can, Gene sells his sportsman's camp and gives the money to Carter's daughter Helen . En route to Texas, Gene discovers the infestation and is assigned by the Forest Department to supervise the program of spraying the area with DDT from the air. After the first day of spraying, the DDT is blamed by furious stock men for the many animals found dead of poisoning.
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Cast
Gene Autry
Gene Autry
Champion
Champion
Patricia Barry
Helen Carter
Jimmy Lloyd
Joe Lucas
Douglass Dumbrille
Henry Mitchell
Damian O'Flynn
Bill Wright
Clayton Moore
Henchman Pete
Harry Cheshire
Dr. Daniel Chadwick
Leon Weaver
Abner Weaver
Jerry Scoggins
The Cass County Boys
Fred S. Martin
The Cass County Boys
Bert Dodson
The Cass County Boys
Beulah Kettle
The Pinafores
Ione Kettle
The Pinafores
Eunice Kettle
The Pinafores
George Bell
Juror (uncredited)
Steve Benton
Henchman (uncredited)
Loie Bridge
Loie Weaver (uncredited)
Virginia Carroll
Townswoman at Hearing (uncredited)
Lane Chandler
Forest Ranger (uncredited)
Lynn Farr
Henchman (uncredited)
Roy Gordon
Supt. John Hoaglund (uncredited)
Ray Jones
Rancher (uncredited)
Nolan Leary
Rancher (uncredited)
Ted Mapes
Logger (uncredited)
Merrill McCormick
Townsman at Hearing (uncredited)
Frank O'Connor
Man on Coroner's Jury (uncredited)
Jason Robards Sr.
Charles Carter (uncredited)
Robert Robinson
Townsman at Party (uncredited)
Sandy Sanders
Man at Party (uncredited)
Al Thompson
Townsman at Hearing (uncredited)
Jack Tornek
Dancer at Party (uncredited)
Len Torrey
The Marshal (uncredited)
Emmett Vogan
Dr. Farley (uncredited)
Blackie Whiteford
Townsman at Hearing (uncredited)
Britt Wood
Rancher Smith (uncredited)
