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Writers:
Robert Ardrey (screenplay)
Jo Swerling (story)
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Release Date:
19 August 1943 (USA) more
Genre:
Tagline:
IT'S SCREWY...And So Funny! IT'S RIOTOUS...And Romantic! (1950 reissue title) more
Plot:
A city girl on a bus tour of the West encounters a handsome rodeo cowboy who helps her forget her simpy city suitors. | add synopsis
User Reviews:
It's only by the grace of its charming stars that this movie rises a notch above mediocrity. more (10 total)

Cast

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Jean Arthur ... Molly J. Truesdale

John Wayne ... Duke Hudkins
Charles Winninger ... Waco

Phil Silvers ... Smiley Lambert (bus tour director)
Mary Field ... Florrie Bendix
Don Costello ... Drunk
John Philliber ... Storekeeper
Grady Sutton ... Malcolm Scott
Jean Stevens ... 'Jitterbug' (as Peggy Carroll)
Grant Withers ... Bob Hastings
Hans Conried ... Gregg Stone
Ariel Heath ... Flossie
Sugar Geise ... Linda Belle (bargirl)
Joan Blair ... Lilly
Tom Fadden ... Mullen
Eddy Waller ... Bus station attendant
Nina Quartero ... Carmencita (bargirl)
Alex Melesh ... Bartender #1
Cy Kendall ... Gambling house boss
Paul Scott ... Bartender #2
Charles D. Brown ... Dr. G.W. Humboldt
Billy Lenhart ... Butch (as Butch and Buddy)
Kenneth Brown ... Buddy (as Butch and Buddy)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Polly Bailey ... Beggar Woman (uncredited)

Bobby Barber ... Bit (uncredited)
Benny Bartlett ... Henry (uncredited)
Hank Bell ... Mustached Gold City cowboy (uncredited)
Joseph E. Bernard ... Bit (uncredited)
Eddie Borden ... Poker Player (uncredited)
Fred Burns ... Team Driver (uncredited)
Lane Chandler ... Slim (uncredited)
Robert Cherry ... Hot Dog Vendor (uncredited)
J.W. Cody ... Indian Bellhop (uncredited)
Monte Collins ... Poker Player (uncredited)
Armand Cortes ... Al (uncredited)
Jack Daley ... Bit (uncredited)
Roy Darmour ... Bit (uncredited)
George DeNormand ... Truck Driver (uncredited)
Eddie Dew ... Cowboy (uncredited)
Bert Dillard ... Cowboy (uncredited)
Herbert Evans ... Butler (uncredited)
George Ford ... Wealthy Young Man (uncredited)
Bud Geary ... Gambler (uncredited)
Fred Graham ... Saloon brawler (uncredited)
Dorothy Granger ... Hot Dog Girl (uncredited)
Ralf Harolde ... Croupier (uncredited)
Warren Jackson ... Gambler (uncredited)
Ray Jones ... Saloon brawler (uncredited)
Donald Kerr ... Gambler (uncredited)
Mike Lally ... Bit (uncredited)
Robert McKenzie ... Poker Player (uncredited)
Dorcas McKim ... Mother (uncredited)
Frank Melton ... Otto (uncredited)
Patsy Moran ... Counter Girl (uncredited)
Horace Murphy ... Poker Player (uncredited)
Artie Ortego ... Saloon brawler (uncredited)
Jack O'Shea ... Gambler (uncredited)
Ronald R. Rondell ... Bit (uncredited)
Syd Saylor ... Poker Player (uncredited)
Harry Semels ... Greek (uncredited)
Mysty Shot ... Sammy (horse) (uncredited)
Clarence Straight ... Henry (uncredited)
Chalky Williams ... Bit (uncredited)

Hank Worden ... Waiter (uncredited)
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Directed by
William A. Seiter 
Henry Hathaway (uncredited)
 
Writing credits
(in alphabetical order)
Robert Ardrey  screenplay
Garson Kanin  uncredited (unconfirmed)
Jo Swerling  story

Produced by
Dick Ross .... associate producer (as Richard Ross)
Frank Ross .... producer
 
Original Music by
Roy Webb 
 
Cinematography by
Frank Redman 
 
Film Editing by
Theron Warth 
 
Art Direction by
Albert S. D'Agostino 
Alfred Herman 
 
Set Decoration by
A. Roland Fields  (as Al Fields)
Darrell Silvera 
 
Costume Design by
Edward Stevenson (gowns)
 
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Robert Aldrich .... second assistant director
Dewey Starkey .... assistant director
 
Sound Department
Roy Meadows .... recording director
James G. Stewart .... sound re-recording mixer (as James Stewart)
Terry Kellum .... sound (uncredited)
 
Special Effects by
Vernon L. Walker .... special effects
 
Stunts
George DeNormand .... stunt double (uncredited)
Bud Geary .... stunt double (uncredited)
Fred Graham .... stunt double (uncredited)
Allen Pomeroy .... stunts (uncredited)
 
Music Department
C. Bakaleinikoff .... musical director
 
Crew believed to be complete


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Additional Details

Also Known As:
The Cowboy and the Girl
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Runtime:
86 min
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Language:
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (RCA Sound System)
Certification:

Fun Stuff

Quotes:
Waco: Remember what you told me? "Women is like socks... you gotta change 'em regular." more

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It's only by the grace of its charming stars that this movie rises a notch above mediocrity., 27 May 2009
7/10
Author: Lawson from Singapore

I love Jean Arthur. That voice! Distinct... kinda nasal but not annoying... and intelligent yet unarrogant. And she's cute despite not being a traditional forgettable beauty.

John Wayne is relatively young here, still attractive and ungrizzled, and so he still makes for a good prince in this cowboy-meets-city girl fairytale. And the movie does start off that way - very charming and romantic - but of course it doesn't last, since what kind of a movie would it be if the boy and girl lived happily ever after after 15 minutes.

So it's too bad then that it goes downhill from there, when the couple starts encountering forced obstacle after forced obstacle and lame joke after lame joke. It's only by the grace of its charming stars that this movie rises a notch above mediocrity.

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