Rating: NR
Genre:
Action
Release Date: 08/30/2005
Sound: DD1
Run Time: 73 Minutes
Flags: Suitable for Children
Distributor/Studio: Image Entertainment
The United States Air Force dropping bombs on decent, taxpaying ranchers is perhaps not your standard B-Western theme but that is exactly what happens in
In Old Monterey. It's 1939 and war is breaking out in Europe. Fearing a possible invasion, the air force feels the urgent need to test its weaponry but the locals, lead by Gabby Whittaker (
George "Gabby" Hayes), refuse to relocate and the government dispatches army attaché
Gene Autry to contribute his special blend of musical persuasion. The patriotic populace is one thing, however, but Gene and sidekick Frog Millhouse (
Smiley Burnette) must also contend with greedy borax mining magnate Stevenson (
Jonathan Hale) and his foreman Gilman (
William Hall, who have a vested interest in keeping things exactly as they are. In the end, the villains are willing to commit murder to keep the military from taking over. Gene, Smiley and a hayseed congregation calling itself
The Hoosier Hot Shots perform
"It Happened in Monterey",
"Born to the Saddle",
"Little Pardner",
"My Buddy",
"The Vacant Chair",
"It Looks Like Rain" and
"Tumbling Tumbleweeds" in this uneven music Western/propaganda film restored by
Gene Autry Entertainment in 2001.
~ Hans J. Wollstein, All Movie Guide
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