Ridin' on a Rainbow
| Ridin' on a Rainbow | |
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| Directed by | Lew Landers |
| Screenplay by | |
| Story by | Bradford Ropes |
| Produced by | Harry Grey |
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| Cinematography | William Nobels |
| Edited by | Tony Martinelli |
| Music by | Raoul Kraushaar (supervisor) |
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| Distributed by | Republic Pictures |
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Running time | 75 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $91,854 |
Ridin' on a Rainbow is a 1941 American western musical film directed by Lew Landers and starring Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette and Mary Lee. Written by Bradford Ropes and Doris Malloy, based on a story by Ropes, the film is about a singing cowboy whose investigation of a bank robbery takes him to a showboat, where he finds that a teenage singer's father has been working with the robbers to provide for her future. The film received an Academy Award nomination for best original song for "Be Honest with Me" (Gene Autry, Fred Rose).