The Big Sombrero (film)
| The Big Sombrero | |
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| Directed by | Frank McDonald |
| Screenplay by | Olive Cooper |
| Produced by | Armand Schaefer |
| Starring | Gene Autry Champion |
| Cinematography | William Bradford |
| Edited by | Henry Batista |
| Color process | Cinecolor |
Production company | Gene Autry Productions |
| Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
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Running time | 78 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
The Big Sombrero is a 1949 American Western film directed by Frank McDonald and starring Gene Autry and Champion. Written by Olive Cooper, the film is about a singing cowboy hired as foreman of the Big Sombrero ranch by a man working against the interests of the ranch's absentee owner and workers. It was the last of two Autry Columbia films shot in Cinecolor, it was preceded by The Strawberry Roan.