Radio Ranch (1940)
1940 · Feature film · 69 min · dir. B. Reeves Eason
- Action
- Adventure
- Science Fiction
Synopsis
Re-edited feature version of serial The Phantom Empire (1935). Singer Gene Autry discovers a race of advanced humans living beneath the earth.
Synopsis from TMDb
Details
- Director
- B. Reeves Eason
- Writer
- Armand Schaefer
- Released
- 1940-05-02
- Running time
- 69 minutes
Cast & crew
B. Reeves Eason Director
Gene Autry
Frankie Darro
Smiley Burnette
Betsy King Ross
Dorothy Christy
Wheeler Oakman
Charles K. French
Warner Richmond
Reviews on the Internet Archive
★★★ · Gene Autry - A Musical Sci-Fi Mix-up · Poohbah70 · 2020-01-18
Gene Autry is his usual affable plain-talking, song-singing self in this 69:00 condensation of the 12-part serial "The Phantom Empire." Thus it winds up lacking continuity and becomes half musical, half sci-fi/adventure film. What concerns Autry most throughout the film is being back at Radio Ranch for his 2pm broadcast. Meanwhile, problems come up with the Muranians, who live almost 5 miles underground and have a very advanced civilization as far as scientific accomplishments are concerned. For some reason they come above ground and are seen by Autry - being seen by a surface dweller is a…
