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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 that is resurrected when the town banker tries to contrsuct a highway through the area bearing a monument to the frontiersman ancestor of one of the families. Shooting High was Gene Autry's first film away from Republic Pictures, his first as a mere co-star, his first without the comic presence of Smiley Burnette since 1934, and his first playing a character other than himself.
Original Release
04/26/1940
US Release
04/26/1940
Cast
Name | Character |
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Jane Withers | Jane Pritchard |
Gene Autry | Will Carson |
Marjorie Weaver | Marjorie Pritchard |
Frank M. Thomas | Calvin Pritchard |
Robert Lowery | Bob Merritt |
Kay Aldridge | Evelyn Trent |
Hobart Cavanaugh | Clem Perkle |
Jack Carson | Gabby Cross |
Hamilton MacFadden | J. Wallace Rutledge |
Charles Middleton | Hod Carson |
Directors
Writers
Lou Breslow, Owen Francis, Harry Akst, Joseph Hoffman, Frances Hyland, Lester Ziffren
Cast
Name | Character |
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Jane Withers | Jane Pritchard |
Gene Autry | Will Carson |
Marjorie Weaver | Marjorie Pritchard |
Frank M. Thomas | Calvin Pritchard |
Robert Lowery | Bob Merritt |
Kay Aldridge | Evelyn Trent |
Hobart Cavanaugh | Clem Perkle |
Jack Carson | Gabby Cross |
Hamilton MacFadden | J. Wallace Rutledge |
Charles Middleton | Hod Carson |
Ed Brady | Mort Carson |
Tom London | Eph Carson |
Eddie Acuff | Andy Carson |
Pat O'Malley | Sam Pritchard / Lem Pritchard |
George Chandler | Charles Pritchard / Charley |
John Bose | Townsman |
Budd Buster | Townsman |
Bob Card | Dave Pritchard |
Jess Cavin | Townsman |
Champion | Champion |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Sol M. Wurtzel | Executive Producer |
John Stone | Producer |