The Old Corral Actors: Star: Gene Autry Sidekick: Smiley Burnette Leading Lady: Hope (Irene) Manning Director: Joseph Kane Language: English ~/~ Riders of the Whistling Pines 1949 ? Action/Action/Adventure ? 1h 10m The discovery of an invasive insect species threatens his logging business, so Bill Wright (Damian O'Flynn) murders a forest ranger to keep him from reporting his findings. Local hunter Gene Autry (Gene Autry), who had been nearby, shooting at a mountain lion, thinks he may have been responsible for the ranger's death and takes over his job out of a sense of duty to the man's daughter (Patricia White). Gene and his sidekick, Joe Lucas (Jimmy Lloyd), battle Wright and his men to save the forest.