Song of the Sierras (1946)
Director:
Oliver DrakeWriters:
Oliver Drake (story), Elmer Clifton (screenplay)Stars:
Jimmy Wakely, Lee 'Lasses' White, Jack BaxleyAs with his previous music Western vehicle, Moon over Montana (1946), former radio crooner Jimmy Wakely composed the title song for this film. With Wesley Tuttle and His Texas Stars as his backup group, Wakely also warbled Paul Westmoreland's {&Detour}, {&De Camptown Ladies}, by Stephen Foster, and {&I Miss You Since You've Been Gone} by Arthur Smith. The girl Wakely "missed" was Jean Carlin, whose prospector grandfather (Budd Buster) is being harrassed by an unknown force. Wakely and his usual sidekick Lee "Lasses" White investigate and soon determine that the mystery villain is actually a villainess, Flora Carter (Iris Clive), a ruthless lady rancher who holds the mortgage to grandpa Buster's property. In between crooning the aforementioned tunes and winning the big race on his wild mustang, Wakely manages to discover enough evidence to convict the unscrupulous Ms. Carter.
Here is the link to the film at the Internet Movie database: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0281208/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1
