recovering Lou Ann looks on. Cast Gene Autry as himself Smiley Burnette as Frog Millhouse Lois Wilde as Helen Blake Lon Chaney Jr. as Martin Champion as Champion, Gene's Horse Ann Gillis as Lou Ann Stevens Earle Hodgins as Professor Sandow Harvey Clark as Henry Blake John Van Pelt as Steve Stevens Earl Eby as Herbert Trenton Ken Cooper as Second Henchman, Stevens' Barn Harrison Greene as Mayor Hawkins Wes Warner as Pete, Musical Ranchhand Jack Rockwell as Sheriff Tracy Layne as Henchmen Leader Kirk Production Stuntwork Ken Cooper Joe Yrigoyen Filming locations Agoura, California, US Brandeis Ranch, Chatsworth, Los Angeles, California, US Iverson Ranch, 1 Iverson Lane, Chatsworth, Los Angeles, California, US Soundtrack "There's an Empty Cot in the Bunkhouse Tonight" (Gene Autry) by Gene Autry and cowhands "Ya Hoo" by Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette, Art Davis, Frankie Marvin, Jack Kirk, Wes Warner, and other cowhands "We're on the Air" (Tibor Bencze) by the cowhands "True Blue Bill" (Gene Autry, Frankie Marvin, George Rainey) by Gene Autry and cowhands "Rainbow Trail" (Smiley Burnette, Oliver Drake) by Gene Autry and Lois Wilde "Rainbow Trail" (reprise) (Smiley Burnette, Oliver Drake) by Lois Wilde "Rainbow Trail" (reprise) (Smiley Burnette, Oliver Drake) by Gene Autry "Down in Slumberland" by Gene Autry at the hospital "Scattin'" by Fred 'Snowflake' Toones and two unidentified African Americans (instrumental) "The New Jassackaphone" (Tibor Bencze) by Smiley Burnette "Washboard and Room" by Frankie Marvin on a washboard "My Old Saddle Pal" (Gene Autry, Oddie Thompson) by Gene Autry "I'll Be Thinking of You, Little Gal" (Gene Autry) by Gene Autry and Earle Hodgins References Citations Bibliography External links 1936 films 1936 Western (genre) films American black-and-white films Films directed by Mack V. Wright Republic Pictures films Films produced by Nat Levine American Western (genre) films 1930s English-language films 1930s American films