Sons of New Mexico (1949)

Not quite as memorable as his previous Riders in the Sky Gene Autrys Sons of New Mexico is still well up to the stars standard This time Gene tries to reform Randy Pryor a wouldbe juvenile delinquent played by Autryprotégé Dick Jones who later starred in the Autryproduced TV series Range Rider and Buffalo Bill Jr To this end Pryor is enrolled at the New Mexico Military Institute where much of this film was lensed The kid chafes at the schools regimen and escapes heading back to his criminal mentor Pat Feeney Robert Armstrong