The Gene Autry Show

The already legendary singing cowboy rode with his comic pal Pat from town to town bringing justice, song and his horse Champion to the old Southwest.

Genre: Western

Cast:Gene Autry , Champion , Pat Buttram , Bob Woodward , Art Dillard , Gregg Barton , Harry Lauter , Gail Davis , Myron Healey , Wes Hudman , William Fawcett , Sandy Sanders , Terry Frost , George J. Lewis , Kenne Duncan , Stanley Andrews , Denver Pyle , Don C. Harvey

1Season 1

S1.E1 ∙ Head for Texas

Sun, Jul 23, 1950

Gene faces trouble on two fronts when he befriends a young man accused of murder and his ranch hands frame him for rustling Miss Sandy's cattle.

2Season 1

S1.E2 ∙ Gold Dust Charlie

Sun, Jul 30, 1950

When an old prospector is shot after making a rich gold strike, Gene files the claim on his behalf and is promptly accused of murder by the town sheriff.

3Season 1

S1.E3 ∙ The Silver Arrow

Sun, Aug 6, 1950

Rodeo riders Gene Autry (Gene Autry) and Patrick Smith (Pat Buttram) discover a dead man pierced with a silver arrow in his chest. This leads Gene to a miner framed in order to get his silver mine.

4Season 1

S1.E4 ∙ The Doodle Bug

Sun, Aug 13, 1950

While Gene Autry (Gene Autry) and his sidekick Patrick Smith (Pat Buttram) are investigating numerous stagecoach holdups, they also find time to help a lady schoolteacher.

5Season 1

S1.E5 ∙ The Star Toter

Sun, Aug 20, 1950

Gene tries to reform the young son of an outlaw. When the bad man escapes, the boy must choose between his murderous father and the honest life Gene would like him to lead.

6Season 1

S1.E6 ∙ The Double Switch

Sun, Aug 27, 1950

When the state agrees to build a road if the county provides matching funds, Harlow enthusiastically supports the idea and contributes a large sum as seed money. He plans to steal his own money back, along with his neighbors contributions to the highway project.

7Season 1

S1.E7 ∙ Blackwater Valley Feud

Sun, Sep 3, 1950

A crook tries to grab two adjacent ranches owned by feuding families by murdering one man and framing another.

8Season 1

S1.E8 ∙ Doublecross Valley

Sun, Sep 10, 1950

Gene investigates why a gang is trying so hard to gain control of an unprofitable ranch. During his investigation, he discovers a cache of gold.

9Season 1

S1.E9 ∙ The Posse

Sun, Sep 17, 1950

An outlaw gang try to convince a former crook to help them rob Gene's safe.

10Season 1

S1.E10 ∙ The Devil's Brand

Sun, Sep 24, 1950

Foreman Gene Autry sends for the niece of his murdered boss, so she can take over the ranch, but a brother-sister team of outlaws kidnaps the woman and places an impostor in her place. The stagecoach driver discovers the replacement but is shot by the gang leader. Before he dies, he leaves Gene and Pat a cryptic clue.

11Season 1

S1.E11 ∙ Six-Shooter Sweepstakes

Sun, Oct 1, 1950

Champion loses a fixed horse race, but helps Gene track down a gang of bank robbers.

12Season 1

S1.E12 ∙ The Poisoned Waterhole

Sun, Oct 8, 1950

After nearly drinking from a poisoned waterhole, Gene and Pat finds themselves in the middle of a fight between railroad workers and an Indian tribe.

13Season 1

S1.E13 ∙ The Lost Chance

Sun, Oct 15, 1950

Gene and Pat rescue a young Mexican boy who is forced to locate an old mine by outlaws who threaten to kill the youngster's burro.

14Season 1

S1.E14 ∙ The Black Rider

Sun, Oct 22, 1950

While traveling on the trail Gene sees a man killed. Later he discovers the killer is known as the Black Rider has been terrorizing a local town since a recent court case. Gene quickly discovers the Black Rider intends to add him to the growing list of victims.

15Season 1

S1.E15 ∙ Gun Powder Range

Sun, Oct 29, 1950

A young lad decides a life of an outlaw is more exciting than day to day living. Things become complicated when Gene tries to teach the boy a lesson. Instead they are confused for real outlaws by the local authorities and a life and death situation quickly develops.

16Season 1

S1.E16 ∙ The Breakup

Sun, Nov 5, 1950

Gene and his pal Pat help a wounded rancher and learn that the man's son-in-law is suspected of the shooting.

17Season 1

S1.E17 ∙ Twisted Trails

Sun, Nov 12, 1950

Gene encounters a young boy hiding in a barn. He takes the lad in and soon discovers the boy is searching for his father, a supposed local rancher. It soon turns out his father has turned to a life of crime to survive.

18Season 1

S1.E18 ∙ The Fight at Peaceful Mesa

Sun, Nov 19, 1950

Gene and Pat are visiting Peaceful Mesa when they get caught up in a gun battle, as the dust settles they discover there is a three cornered argument about the inheritance of a ranch

19Season 1

S1.E19 ∙ Hot Lead

Sun, Nov 26, 1950

Gene purchases a new horse which is then used by a gang of bank robbers to make good their escape. Gene sets out on the twin mission of retrieving his horse and capture the bank robbers.

20Season 1

S1.E20 ∙ The Gray Dude

Sun, Dec 3, 1950

Gene teams up with a local sheriff to try and track down the man responsible for the death of a mutual friend. Things become strained when they cross a county line and meet with a sheriff who is less than helpful and completely unsympathetic to their mission.

21Season 1

S1.E21 ∙ The Killer Horse

Sun, Dec 10, 1950

Gene gets involved in the search for a race horse thats gone wild. The situation becomes complicated when the same horse might be responsible for a number of recent deaths in the area.

22Season 1

S1.E22 ∙ The Peacemaker

Sun, Dec 17, 1950

Gene encounters a cowboy who tries to rob him. The man dies after he steals Gene's horse and falls. On his body Gene finds a cryptic note about events in a nearby town. On investigating he discovers a strange series of events surrounding the potential of water in the area.

23Season 1

S1.E23 ∙ The Sheriff of Santa Rosa

Sun, Dec 24, 1950

Gene is acting as the sheriff of Santa Rosa while the are is being hit by a mysterious gang of horse rustlers. The townsfolk have many theories about who is responsible and it is up to Gene to solve the case before innocent people get hurt.

24Season 1

S1.E24 ∙ T.N.T.

Sun, Dec 31, 1950

Gene Autry is under pressure to sell a piece of land he needs for a water supply. The buyer turns to some dubious practices to try and convince Autry to sell.

25Season 1

S1.E25 ∙ The Raiders

Sat, Apr 14, 1951

Gene is asked to try and solve a series of payroll holdups that threaten to stop construction of a much needed dam in the area. Things become complicated when a young woman comes to town to meet the man she will marry.

26Season 1

S1.E26 ∙ Double Barreled Vengeance

Sat, Apr 21, 1951

To catch a thief, Gene poses as an outlaw, but discovers things are a lot more complicated then he first thought. A blond and a sheriff may make things more difficult.

1Season 2

S2.E1 ∙ Ghost Town Raiders

Sat, Oct 6, 1951

Gene parades as an outlaw to try and get information on a robbery a few years before.

2Season 2

S2.E2 ∙ Frontier Guard

Sat, Oct 13, 1951

Gene gets caught up in a kidnapping attempt when he stumbles into a town where competing interests are trying gain control of a ranch in a strategic location on the edge of the Mexican border.

3Season 2

S2.E3 ∙ Silver Dollars

Sat, Oct 20, 1951

Gene interrupts a silver bullion robbery and learns that it is just one in a series of such robberies. While investigating it becomes obvious that someone is tipping the robbers off as to which wagons to attack and how much silver is being carried.

4Season 2

S2.E4 ∙ Killer's Trail

Sat, Oct 27, 1951

Gene is hot on the trail of El Avengador (The Avenger), but he may be chasing the wrong person.

5Season 2

S2.E5 ∙ Frame for Trouble

Sat, Nov 3, 1951

Gene and Pat capture a hired killer. From a letter in his pocket, Gene discovers that the assassin had planned to keep a appointment with the man who hired him. When Gene arrives at the rendezvous, he is arrested for murder.

6Season 2

S2.E6 ∙ Warning! Danger!

Sat, Nov 10, 1951

Gene and Pat try to help a pair of orphans whose other brother has reluctantly joined a gang of train robbers.

7Season 2

S2.E7 ∙ Revenge Trail

Sat, Nov 17, 1951

Gene Autry is on the trail of a series of unexplained murders in the territory. The only common link is a piece of rope tied in a special knot. He needs to understand the significance of the clue before any other murders take place.

8Season 2

S2.E8 ∙ The Bandits of Boulder Bluff

Sat, Nov 24, 1951

Gene returns to Boulder Bluff for a holiday and discovers that a man posing as a US marshal is a wanted criminal. Gene sets out to warn the townsfolk and attempt to capture the man before anyone gets hurt

9Season 2

S2.E9 ∙ Outlaw Escape

Sat, Dec 1, 1951

Pat is elected as sheriff of the town and asks Gene to be his deputy. What seems to be a fairly easy duty soon turns deadly serious when word comes through that the notorious murderer Red Lambert has broken out of jail and is headed for the town.

10Season 2

S2.E10 ∙ The Kid Comes West

Sat, Dec 8, 1951

An old man on the verge of dying wills his ranch to a grandson no one knew he had. This upsets a series plans other ranches have for the area. Gene must make sure the child makes it to the ranch to claim the inheritance.

11Season 2

S2.E11 ∙ Return of Maverick Dan

Sat, Dec 15, 1951

Gene is visiting the town of Cotton Wood when he hears of the forceful eviction of Barbara Blake from her home. She has been holding out for the return of her older brother "Maverick Dan" who is wanted on a series of charges including murder. As Gene investigates he begins to have doubts about the man's guilt.

12Season 2

S2.E12 ∙ Galloping Hoofs

Sat, Dec 22, 1951

Neal Pierson, a convicted embezzler, escapes from prison and heads for his partner Curt Wayne's ranch to avenge a double cross.

13Season 2

S2.E13 ∙ Heir to the Lazy L

Sat, Dec 29, 1951

Gene inherits half a ranch and while he is riding to complete the details, he is attacked by three men intent on killing him. At the ranch he discovers things are tense between other local land owners and the other part owner of his ranch.

14Season 2

S2.E14 ∙ Melody Mesa

Fri, Jan 4, 1952

Gene pretends to be a singing teacher in order to infiltrate a counterfeiting gang.

15Season 2

S2.E15 ∙ Horse Sense

Fri, Jan 11, 1952

Gene has one of his horses stolen and another killed, he follows the trail to a town where opposing forces are bidding for a cavalry resupply contract. Gene comes to the realization that the man responsible for the theft may be a particularly cruel horse trainer.

16Season 2

S2.E16 ∙ Rock River Feud

Fri, Jan 18, 1952

Pat Buttram inherits a stagecoach line from a murdered relative, but even with Gene Autry's help, the road is very rocky.

17Season 2

S2.E17 ∙ The Lawless Press

Fri, Jan 25, 1952

Gene and Pat investigate a crooked newspaper editor who composes stories of crimes before they're even committed.

18Season 2

S2.E18 ∙ The Western Way

Fri, Feb 1, 1952

Young Billy Walker rides with the infamous Brady gang, which worries his mother, Ma Walker, sick. Gene comes to the rescue and helps Billy escape from the gang.

19Season 2

S2.E19 ∙ The Ruthless Renegade

Fri, Feb 8, 1952

Gene arrives in the town of Dry Gulch and becomes the sheriff almost by accident. He discovers the town is dominated by the mayor and the judge is in his control. Gene looks for way to work around these issues while trying to help a local victimized newspaper owner.

20Season 2

S2.E20 ∙ Hot Lead and Old Lace

Fri, Feb 15, 1952

Pete Munroe is shot dead in an effort to get his ranch, which he has left to his niece Maude. She proves stronger than expected, but Gene Autry and Pat Buttram must help her hold on to her inheritance.

21Season 2

S2.E21 ∙ Blazeaway

Fri, Feb 22, 1952

Gene is sent by his commanding officer to investigate a series of murders in the town of Blazeaway. The settlers believe the killings were caused by Indians using tomahawks, but the Native Americans claim they've been framed to drive them from their land.

22Season 2

S2.E22 ∙ Bullets & Bows

Sun, Mar 2, 1952

Pat Buttram owns a tailor shop but is spectacularly unsuccessful, and Gene must protect him from the local land grabbers.

23Season 2

S2.E23 ∙ Trouble at Silver Creek

Sun, Mar 9, 1952

Gene witnesses a murder and manages to arrest the man. Unfortunately elements within the town secure the man's escape. A woman is pushed into a loveless marriage with the exception her father's farm will be saved.

24Season 2

S2.E24 ∙ Six Gun Romeo

Sun, Mar 16, 1952

Adelle Tompkins arrives on the stagecoach with plans to marry Pat Buttram, but Pat has sent her Gene Autry's picture instead of his own. On the same stage is Jan Carter Gray, who has come to meet her gang of outlaws for less lofty purposes.

25Season 2

S2.E25 ∙ The Sheriff Is a Lady

Sun, Mar 23, 1952

Sheriff Kathy Vale mistakes Gene and Pat for two desperate outlaws. Gene sings his way out of trouble.

26Season 2

S2.E26 ∙ The Trail of the Witch

Sun, Mar 30, 1952

After a series of stagecoach robberies threaten to shut down a town's gold mines, a young sheriff requests the help of Gene and Pat to round up the outlaws.

1Season 3

S3.E1 ∙ Thunder Out West

Tue, Jul 14, 1953

A crook uses Pat's new telescope to get the combination of a safe with a large amount of cash inside.

2Season 3

S3.E2 ∙ Outlaw Stage

Tue, Jul 21, 1953

Gene attempts to clear a young stagecoach driver accused of complicity in a fatal stagecoach hold-up. Pat, believing he is suffering from a fatal illness, attempts to tackle the entire gang single-handed.

3Season 3

S3.E3 ∙ Ghost Mountain

Tue, Jul 28, 1953

Gene and Pat help an archaeologist capture outlaws pretending to be the ghosts of Spanish conquistadors.

4Season 3

S3.E4 ∙ The Old Prospector

Tue, Aug 4, 1953

Gene and Pat help an elderly prospector get a full-time job as a miner, but a pair of outlaws kidnap the old man and try to force him to reveal where he found a large gold nugget.

5Season 3

S3.E5 ∙ Narrow Escape

Tue, Aug 11, 1953

Gene and Pat investigate a series of stagecoach hold-ups with the help of a newspaper editor and a young widow and her son who have answered Pat's ad in a lonely-hearts column.

6Season 3

S3.E6 ∙ Border Justice

Tue, Aug 18, 1953

Gene and Pat help the Mexican police apprehend smugglers who use an American bakery as a front for their illegal operations.

7Season 3

S3.E7 ∙ Gypsy Wagon

Tue, Aug 25, 1953

When an elderly gypsy and his lovely daughter surprise outlaws holding up a stagecoach, the thieves try to kill the witnesses before they can be identified.

8Season 3

S3.E8 ∙ Bandidos

Tue, Sep 1, 1953

An outlaw impersonates a U.S. Senator to steal money the taxpayers have raised to build an irrigation project.

9Season 3

S3.E9 ∙ Dry Gulch at Devil's Elbow

Tue, Sep 8, 1953

Gene tries to help a small-town sheriff rid his town of outlaws, but he and Pat are soon in need of rescue themselves when they become prisoners of the gang.

10Season 3

S3.E10 ∙ Cold Decked

Tue, Sep 15, 1953

Gene helps a banker who is accused of embezzling the bank's assets.

11Season 3

S3.E11 ∙ Steel Ribbon

Tue, Sep 22, 1953

Gene and Pat investigate a series of payroll robberies from a railroad and discover that the outlaw gang is receiving inside information.

12Season 3

S3.E12 ∙ Rio Renegades

Tue, Sep 29, 1953

An outlaw gang learns of gold ore shipments through a female confederate's hairdressing shop.

13Season 3

S3.E13 ∙ Ransom Cross

Tue, Oct 6, 1953

After two archaeologists discover an ancient Spanish cross, a trio of crooks steal it and hold the relic for ransom.

1Season 4

S4.E1 ∙ Santa Fe Raiders

Tue, Jul 6, 1954

Gene tries to help an old friend fend off attacks on his freight line. When the old man is murdered, Gene tries to help his son keep the company solvent.

2Season 4

S4.E2 ∙ Johnny Jackeroo

Tue, Jul 13, 1954

Gene reluctantly agrees to help Pat throw a scare into an obnoxious eleven-year-old boy by staging a stagecoach hold-up, but two disgruntled ranch hands take advantage of the situation by actually robbing the stage while disguised as Autry and Buttram.

3Season 4

S4.E3 ∙ Holdup

Tue, Jul 20, 1954

A father-daughter team of crooks tries to grab the Flying M Ranch for the oil contained under the property.

4Season 4

S4.E4 ∙ Prize Winner

Tue, Jul 27, 1954

Afraid of being searched while he was in possession of stolen gems, Doc McCoy hid the jewels in a chicken's feed trough. Later, Pat refuses to sell his prize chicken to McCoy, so the villain resorts to chicken rustling.

5Season 4

S4.E5 ∙ The Sharpshooter

Tue, Aug 3, 1954

An escaped convict convinces Gene and Pat that he was framed for murdering the town's old sheriff. With the help of the judge who convicted him, Gene gathers evidence against the murdered man's former deputy.

6Season 4

S4.E6 ∙ Talking Guns

Tue, Aug 10, 1954

Three outlaws use crazy Jim Decker's home as a base of operations for their robberies.

7Season 4

S4.E7 ∙ Hoodoo Canyon

Tue, Aug 17, 1954

A banker and his scheming daughter try to run a stagecoach line out of business so they can take over the lucrative business.

8Season 4

S4.E8 ∙ The Carnival Comes West

Tue, Aug 24, 1954

Gene and Pat are puzzled when a reputable townswoman tries to prevent a carnival from giving a show in town.

9Season 4

S4.E9 ∙ Battle Axe

Tue, Aug 31, 1954

After a series of robberies, the town sheriff is forced to resign. He's replaced by a headstrong woman who falls for a smooth-talking confidence man who is actually the leader of the gang.

10Season 4

S4.E10 ∙ Outlaw of Blue Mesa

Tue, Sep 7, 1954

To avenge the death of his father, a miner, a young man robs stagecoaches belonging to the mine's owner, but discovers that the strongboxes which supposedly contained large amounts of gold are actually empty. Gene and Pat, operating as insurance investigators, are sent to investigate the robberies.

11Season 4

S4.E11 ∙ Civil War at Deadwood

Tue, Sep 14, 1954

Outlaws try to take advantage of a feud between veterans of the Union and Confederate armies when the pair accuse each other of robbery and attempted murder.

12Season 4

S4.E12 ∙ Boots and Ballots

Sat, Sep 25, 1954

A crooked politician attempts to derail a woman's bid to be elected mayor by kidnapping her adopted son and threatening to kill him unless she withdraws from the election.

13Season 4

S4.E13 ∙ Outlaw Warning

Sat, Oct 2, 1954

After Pat's testimony sends Corey Fordham to prison, the murderous outlaw threatens to kill Pat and Judge Lockwood. Pat happily contemplates spending the reward money he's earned until Fordham breaks away from his guards en route to prison and prepares to carry out his vengeance.

1Season 5

S5.E1 ∙ The Million Dollar Fiddle

Sat, Oct 1, 1955

A child-prodigy runs away to Gene's ranch carrying his priceless Stradivarius violin. A crooked ranch hand decides to steal the fiddle and find out exactly how much a "priceless" musical instrument is worth.

2Season 5

S5.E2 ∙ Stage to San Dimas

Sat, Oct 8, 1955

Gene tries to lead a stagecoach filled with a mixed group of passengers safely to San Dimas, as the Apaches and a pair of diamond thieves try to prevent the coach from arriving.

3Season 5

S5.E3 ∙ The Portrait of White Cloud

Sat, Oct 15, 1955

Gene and Pat's plans to go fishing are sidetracked when they must help a small town Sheriff round up a gang of stagecoach robbers who have shifted the blame for their crimes on to the son of the local Indian Chief.

4Season 5

S5.E4 ∙ Law Comes to Scorpion

Sat, Oct 22, 1955

Gene and Pat try to help a minister rid a town of crooked politicians and gamblers and are accused of murder.

5Season 5

S5.E5 ∙ The Golden Chariot

Sat, Oct 29, 1955

After Pat bets and loses the town's school building fund in a crooked chariot race, it's up to Gene to win the fund back.

6Season 5

S5.E6 ∙ Guns Below the Border

Sat, Nov 5, 1955

U.S. Border Patrol agent Gene Autry and Captain Fernando of the Mexican Federales investigate American gunrunners providing Winchester repeaters to Mexican renegades

7Season 5

S5.E7 ∙ Ghost Ranch

Sat, Nov 12, 1955

A hard-headed young woman inherits the ranch where Gene and Pat are working and won't honor the verbal monetary agreement Gene had with the former owner. At Pat's instigation, Gene and the other ranch hands try to convince the new owner that the ranch is haunted.

8Season 5

S5.E8 ∙ Go West, Young Lady

Sat, Nov 19, 1955

Postal inspectors attempting to close down a lonely hearts club racket accuse Gene and Pat of being the ringleaders.

9Season 5

S5.E9 ∙ Feuding Friends

Sat, Nov 26, 1955

Pat and Gene pretend to be bitter enemies in order to smoke out a murderous gang of counterfeiters. Their plan works too well - the gang leader hires Pat to kill Gene and sends his right-hand man to make sure that Gene's sidekick does the job right.

10Season 5

S5.E10 ∙ Saddle Up

Sat, Dec 3, 1955

With the help of a pretty schoolteacher, Gene and Pat set up a ranch as a home for underprivileged boys. A gang of owlhoots try to force Gene off the ranch by making it appear he's not providing a safe place for the boys to live.

11Season 5

S5.E11 ∙ Ride Ranchero

Sat, Dec 10, 1955

Gene hires a parolee to help out on his boys' ranch even though the former criminal will inherit the ranch if Gene is proved to unsafe home for his young charges.

12Season 5

S5.E12 ∙ The Rangerette

Sat, Dec 17, 1955

Pickett's plans to gain control of the Flying "A" Ranch hits a snag when he learns that the disgraced heir, Big Jim Weston, has a child.

13Season 5

S5.E13 ∙ Dynamite

Sat, Dec 24, 1955

Gene and Pat stop a empty stagecoach racing along the road. They backtrack and find the wounded driver and a passenger who claims to be a detective tracking a suspect in a mining disaster.