The Big Sombrero (film)

The Big Sombrero
Theatrical release poster
Directed byFrank McDonald
Screenplay byOlive Cooper
Produced byArmand Schaefer
StarringGene Autry
Champion
CinematographyWilliam Bradford
Edited byHenry Batista
Color processCinecolor
Production
company
Gene Autry Productions
Distributed byColumbia Pictures
Release date
  • April 19, 1949 (1949-04-19)
Running time
78 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

The Big Sombrero is a 1949 American Western film directed by Frank McDonald and starring Gene Autry and Champion. Written by Olive Cooper, the film is about a singing cowboy hired as foreman of the Big Sombrero ranch by a man working against the interests of the ranch's absentee owner and workers.[1] It was the last of two Autry Columbia films shot in Cinecolor, it was preceded by The Strawberry Roan.

  1. ^ "The Big Sombrero". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved August 2, 2012.