Kentucky loses his horse in a rigged horse race and gets framed for the murder of a stagecoach driver.Kentucky loses his horse in a rigged horse race and gets framed for the murder of a stagecoach driver.Kentucky loses his horse in a rigged horse race and gets framed for the murder of a stagecoach driver.
George 'Gabby' Hayes
- Cactus
- (as George Hayes)
Silver Tip Baker
- Party Guest
- (uncredited)
Alice Belcher
- Spinster Dude Ranch Guest
- (uncredited)
Stanley Blystone
- Hank - Henchman
- (uncredited)
Dick Botiller
- Party Guest
- (uncredited)
Charles Brinley
- Wounded Stage Driver
- (uncredited)
Smiley Burnette
- Lester Burnette
- (uncredited)
Horace B. Carpenter
- Guest
- (uncredited)
Jim Corey
- Scrawny Deputy
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThis film is essentially Gene Autry's screen test. After Ken Maynard's quarrelsomeness got him fired by Mascot Pictures' head Nat Levine, Autry won his first starring role in The Phantom Empire (1935), originally intended to star Maynard. Many years later Autry quietly helped support Maynard when he was old, broke and alcoholic.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Century of Country: Singing Cowboys (1999)
- SoundtracksDown In Old Santa Fe
Music by Harold Lewis(as C. Howard Lewis)
Lyrics by Bernie Grossman
Sung by Gene Autry
Featured review
funny lines and astounding horse riding
Man snubbing Kentucky who was trying to sell him western gear. "I don't wish to look like a fool." "My mistake, my mistake, but I don't think the clothes would make any difference."
I wonder how many horses were lamed filming that. Just horrible. Nobody in his or her right mind would put a horse through the race. But that was some fantastic riding. The plot shows what a trip wire could do to a horse and yet they surely used trip wires for the falls. I got an extra appreciation for the danger of the runaway stage stunt when I learned of a re-creation trail ride a few years ago where the team of a wagon was spooked and one of the horses died after getting entangled backwards in the harness.
Odd that someone named Kentucky didn't even try for a KY accent. :) I went to a Ken Maynard film festival in Columbus, IN, put on by a family member. I'd never heard of him before that. We saw some of his silent movies. It's interesting that a boy from Vevay, IN, could perform in carnivals and circuses then go west and become a trick rider with Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show, a circus rider with Ringling Brothers, and have a career in Hollywood. He also managed to squeeze in a stint with the army in WWI, apparently escaping being crippled or traumatized.
It was an exciting time for an adventurous soul. Cole Porter from Peru, IN, born only four years earlier than Ken, went the opposite direction and took NYC by storm. (He, however, wasn't as lucky with his horse, poor guy.)
The mingling of the sophistication of the cities with the still fairly primitive conditions of the West and Great Plains made for excellent contrasts in early westerns. It gave the audience the feeling that they could go there and have amazing things happen to them, too. It was part fantasy and part advertisement.
I wonder how many horses were lamed filming that. Just horrible. Nobody in his or her right mind would put a horse through the race. But that was some fantastic riding. The plot shows what a trip wire could do to a horse and yet they surely used trip wires for the falls. I got an extra appreciation for the danger of the runaway stage stunt when I learned of a re-creation trail ride a few years ago where the team of a wagon was spooked and one of the horses died after getting entangled backwards in the harness.
Odd that someone named Kentucky didn't even try for a KY accent. :) I went to a Ken Maynard film festival in Columbus, IN, put on by a family member. I'd never heard of him before that. We saw some of his silent movies. It's interesting that a boy from Vevay, IN, could perform in carnivals and circuses then go west and become a trick rider with Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show, a circus rider with Ringling Brothers, and have a career in Hollywood. He also managed to squeeze in a stint with the army in WWI, apparently escaping being crippled or traumatized.
It was an exciting time for an adventurous soul. Cole Porter from Peru, IN, born only four years earlier than Ken, went the opposite direction and took NYC by storm. (He, however, wasn't as lucky with his horse, poor guy.)
The mingling of the sophistication of the cities with the still fairly primitive conditions of the West and Great Plains made for excellent contrasts in early westerns. It gave the audience the feeling that they could go there and have amazing things happen to them, too. It was part fantasy and part advertisement.
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- skiddoo
- Jul 29, 2011
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- Country of origin
- Language
- Also known as
- Down in Old Santa Fe
- Filming locations
- Mojave Desert, California, USA(outdoor scenes)
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- Runtime1 hour 4 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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