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Shooting High (1940) was a Action - Comedy Film directed by Alfred E. Green and produced by John Stone and Sol M. Wurtzel.

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Musical Monday: Shooting High (1940)

on Jul 21, 2025 From Comet Over Hollywood

It?s no secret that the Hollywood Comet loves musicals.In 2010, I revealed I had seen 400 movie musicals over the course of eight years. Now that number is over 600. To celebrate and share this musical love, here is my weekly feature about musicals. This week?s musical:Shooting High(1940) ? Musical ... Read full article


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[first lines]
[Jane brings flowers to Wild Bill Carson's grave]
Jane Pritchard: Gosh, I wish I'da known Wild Bill.
Will Carson: You know, Janey, you're the first and only Pritchard to honor Granddad.
Jane Pritchard: Oh, why shouldn't I - he deserves it. Besides, I think it's just about time all this feuding stopped... and you could stop it if you were only half the man your Granddad was!


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Facts about

This was the first movie Gene Autry made in which his character name was not Gene.
Several people are in studio records/casting call lists as cast members, but they did not appear or were not identifiable in the movie. These were (with their character names): Carl Stockdale (Ab), Lew Kelly (John) and Paul E. Burns (Hank).
The original script had Autry kissing Marjorie Weaver at the end, but that ending was dropped when his fans objected.
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