*Spoiler/plot- Men with Steel faces ('Radio Ranch'), 1940, Gene Autry and his cowboy pals are amazed to discover a secret under ground civilization located under his ranch property. Periodically, secret city riders are seen and heard by local children which call their kiddie local horse riding club, The 'Thunder Riders'. Gene has a kiddie radio show promoting the growth of these clubs across the country. But the underground dwellers have advanced tech and intend to use it to conquer the surface world with radium use. Gene and his cowboy crew go to work to stop the take over of Earth.
*Special Stars- Gene Autry.
*Theme- Clean ranch living in the outdoors and singing can win the day.
*Trivia/location/goofs- Black & white, re-edited feature version of serial 'The Phantom Empire'. Now public domain intellectual property. Shot at the ole Iverson movie ranch Chatsworth Ca and Bronson Caves, Hollywood Ca.
*Emotion- Just more of the unbelievable and compromised production values of most theatrical serials of that era. The western cowboy music is charming and unsophisticated for Saturday matinee kiddie crowd.
*Based On- 1940's theatrical Flash Gordon serials.
*Special Stars- Gene Autry.
*Theme- Clean ranch living in the outdoors and singing can win the day.
*Trivia/location/goofs- Black & white, re-edited feature version of serial 'The Phantom Empire'. Now public domain intellectual property. Shot at the ole Iverson movie ranch Chatsworth Ca and Bronson Caves, Hollywood Ca.
*Emotion- Just more of the unbelievable and compromised production values of most theatrical serials of that era. The western cowboy music is charming and unsophisticated for Saturday matinee kiddie crowd.
*Based On- 1940's theatrical Flash Gordon serials.