Riders of the Whistling Pines
AUTRY COMES ROARING OUT OF THE SKIES...to save the forests from outlaw lumber ring!
70 mins
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.
Jerry Scoggins
The Cass County Boys
Fred S. Martin
The Cass County Boys
Bert Dodson
The Cass County Boys
Beulah Kettle
The Pinafores
Ione Kettle
The Pinafores
Eunice Kettle
The Pinafores
George Bell
Juror (uncredited)
Steve Benton
Henchman (uncredited)
Lynn Farr
Henchman (uncredited)
Ray Jones
Rancher (uncredited)
Ted Mapes
Logger (uncredited)
Merrill McCormick
Townsman at Hearing (uncredited)
Robert Robinson
Townsman at Party (uncredited)
Jack Tornek
Dancer at Party (uncredited)
Len Torrey
The Marshal (uncredited)
Aaron Stell
Editor
Jack Townley
Writer
Harold H. MacArthur
Art Direction
William Bradford
Director of Photography
Armand Schaefer
Producer
John English
Director
William Kiernan
Set Decoration
Carl Hiecke
Assistant Director
Homer Van Pelt
Still Photographer