Melody Ranch

This article is about the 1940 film. For the radio show, see Gene Autry's Melody Ranch. For the actual ranch, see Movie ranch § Monogram Ranch/Melody Ranch.

Melody Ranch
Theatrical release poster
Directed byJoseph Santley
Screenplay by
Produced bySol C. Siegel
Starring
CinematographyJoseph H. August
Edited byLester Orlebeck
Music byRaoul Kraushaar (supervisor)
Production
company
Distributed byRepublic Pictures
Release date
  • November 15, 1940 (1940-11-15) (U.S.)
Running time
84 minutes[1]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$181.275[1]

Melody Ranch is a 1940 Western musical film directed by Joseph Santley and starring Gene Autry, Jimmy Durante, and Ann Miller. Written by Jack Moffitt, F. Hugh Herbert, Bradford Ropes, and Betty Burbridge, the film is about a singing cowboy who returns to his hometown to restore order when his former childhood enemies take over the frontier town.[2] In 2002, the film was added to the National Film Registry by the National Film Preservation Board and selected for preservation as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant."

  1. ^ a b Magers 2007, p. 174.
  2. ^ Magers 2007, p. 175.