- Release Date: 1940
- Runtime: 84 min
- Genre: Western
- Starring: Gene Autry, Jimmy Durante, Ann Miller, Barton MacLane ... see all
- Director: Joseph Santley
- Plot: With a longer-than-usual running time on original release and boooked and sold to the exhibitors as a "Gene Autry Special", which Republic would do once a year from 1939-1943 in... Read more
User Reviews
A busy homecoming for Gene Autry.
May 02, 2006
Michael O'Keefe - imdb.com
May 02, 2006Michael O'Keefe - imdb.com
Just shy of seeming like a big time MGM musical. I'm happy to settle for this short black & white Gene Autry sagebrush saga. A very talented group assembled to appear in one of Autry's best. Gene comes home to... Full review
Great cast killed by corn
Apr 30, 2006
estabansmythe - imdb.com
Apr 30, 2006estabansmythe - imdb.com
"Melody Ranch" (1940) is one of Gene Autry's best-known and most popular Oaters. It really doesn't deserve to be.This is because the screenplay by Jack Moffitt, F. Hugh Herbet (no relation to the comic character actor), Bradford Ropes and Betty... Full review
Gene Autry cleans up his hometown Torpedo
Feb 05, 2005
lindsay_duke - imdb.com
Feb 05, 2005lindsay_duke - imdb.com
This is my favorite western film. I would gladly recommend it to anyone who enjoys clean entertainment. It features 2 great actors Gene Autry and Jimmy Durante. It provides the family with great entertainment that even young children can enjoy.... Full review
Better than usual Gene Autry western with surprising co-stars.
Apr 28, 2003
dan-180 - imdb.com
Apr 28, 2003dan-180 - imdb.com
A rather interesting Republic western with Gene Autry. This one is long 83 minutes for one, and although it has a plot done numerous times before is interesting due to the comic relief of Jimmy Durante and Vera Vague, who... Full review
Singing is nice, acting is average
Jan 15, 2002
Craig Smith - imdb.com
Jan 15, 2002Craig Smith - imdb.com
Gene Autry has a radio show with singing and a drama each week. His co-star, Ann Miller, thinks he his, shall we say, less than sophisticated. She thinks she is too good for him and the show. His hometown wants... Full review
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Beautifully restored to its original theatrical length of 84 minutes by the Gene Autry Foundation, Melody Ranch is a bright, tuneful, and at times quite action-packed piece of B-Western extravaganza, Republic style. ... Full Article


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