Gold Mine in the Sky

Gold Mine in the Sky is a 1938 western film starring Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette and Carol Hughes. It was written by Betty Burbridge and directed by Joseph Kane. Gene Autry plays a singing ranch foreman who, as executor of the will of the property's owner, must ensure that Cody, the daughter/heiress (played by Hughes) doesn't marry without his approval. Cody wishes to marry Larry Cummings (Craig Reynolds), but Gene resuses, prompting Cummings to attempt to have Gene killed. When this fails, Cummings then demands money so Cody stages a fake kidnaping to raise the funds. However, her plan backfires after Cummings learns about it and turns it into a real kidnaping.