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Riders of the Whistling Pines (1949)

Riders of the Whistling Pines (1949)

Action Drama Music Western

AUTRY COMES ROARING OUT OF THE SKIES...to save the forests from outlaw lumber ring!

Release Date: 1949, March 16
Directors: John English
Countries: United States of America
Production: Columbia Pictures, Gene Autry Productions
Cast: Douglass Dumbrille, Lane Chandler, Harry Cheshire, Frank O'Connor, Emmett Vogan, Jason Robards Sr., George Bell, Nolan Leary, Merrill McCormick, Jack Tornek, Al Thompson, Steve Benton

Overview:

While trailing Forest Ranger Charles Carter, who is suspected of permitting lumber man Henry Mitchell to cut restricted timber, Gene fires at a dangerous mountain lion and apparently kills Carter. Actually, Bill Wright, Mitchell's associate, killed Carter because the ranger had discovered tussock moth infestation in the forest, and if the infestation was not reported, the trees would die and have to be cut, thereby profiting Mitchell and Wright. In order to compensate the best he can, Gene sells his sportsman's camp and gives the money to Carter's daughter Helen . En route to Texas, Gene discovers the infestation and is assigned by the Forest Department to supervise the program of spraying the area with DDT from the air. After the first day of spraying, the DDT is blamed by furious stock men for the many animals found dead of poisoning.

Keywords:

infestation timber