| Shooting High | |
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| Directed by | Alfred E. Green |
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| Produced by | John Stone[1] |
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| Cinematography | Ernest Palmer |
| Edited by | Nick DeMaggio |
| Music by | Samuel Kaylin[1] |
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| Distributed by | 20th Century-Fox |
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Running time | 66 minutes[1] |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Shooting High is a 1940 American Western film directed by Alfred E. Green and starring Jane Withers, Gene Autry, and Marjorie Weaver. Written by Lou Breslow and Owen Francis, the film is about a generations-old feud between two families. This feud is revived when the town banker tries to construct a highway through the area where a monument is installed to the frontiersman ancestor of one of the families.[2]
Gene Autry, known as the "singing cowboy", was then under contract to Republic Pictures. Thirteen-year-old Jane Withers was a movie star and powerful box office draw. She wanted to make a movie with him, and arranged for him to be loaned to 20th Century-Fox by talking directly to each of the studio heads.[3] Shooting High was a success.