Riders of the Whistling Pines

March. 16,1949      
Rating:
5.7
Trailer Synopsis Cast

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.

Gene Autry as  Gene Autry
Champion as  Champion
Patricia Barry as  Helen Carter
Jimmy Lloyd as  Joe Lucas
Douglass Dumbrille as  Henry Mitchell
Damian O'Flynn as  Bill Wright
Clayton Moore as  Henchman Pete
Harry Cheshire as  Dr. Daniel Chadwick
Leon Weaver as  Abner Weaver
Virginia Carroll as  Townswoman at Hearing (uncredited)

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