Along Came Jones (1945)

User Rating:

6.5/10   

Director:

Stuart Heisler

Writers:

Nunnally Johnson (written by)
Alan Le May (novel)

Release Date:

19 July 1945 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Romance | Western

Tagline:

IT'S THE WEST AT ITS BEST! WITH ROOTIN'...TOOTIN'...SHOOTIN' COOPER! (original ad - all caps)

Plot:

Riding into Payneville, easy-going cowboy Melody Jones is mistaken by the townsfolk for notorious gunman Monte Jarrad...

Plot Keywords:

Posse | Ranch | Saloon Owner | Shoot Out | Jealousy

Cast

Gary Cooper	...	Melody Jones
Loretta Young	...	Cherry de Longpre
William Demarest	...	George Fury
Dan Duryea	...	Monte Jarrad
Frank Sully	...	Avery de Longpre
Don Costello	...	Leo Gledhill
Walter Sande	...	Ira Waggoner
Russell Simpson	...	Pop de Longpre
Arthur Loft	...	Sheriff
Willard Robertson	...	Luke Packard
Ray Teal	...	Kriendler
Lane Chandler	...	Boone

Runtime:

90 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Noiseless Recording)

Certification:

Australia:G (TV rating) | Australia:PG (DVD rating) | USA:Approved (PCA #10665) | Norway:16 | Finland:K-12 | Sweden:15 | UK:A (original rating) | UK:PG (video rating) (2005)

Filming Locations:

Iverson Ranch, Chatsworth, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Cinema Artists

Trivia:

Loretta Young was pregnant with her son Christopher Lewis during shooting and was told by her doctor to take it easy because of all the horseback riding she had to do during filming.

Quotes:

George Fury: Get your dumb thumb out of my eye!
Melody Jones: I was just trying to see if you was dead.
George Fury: Well, I ain't! And I don't like someone trying to gouge my eye out.

Movie Connections:

Featured in John Wayne Made Me Cry: Our Western Heros (2002) (TV)

Soundtrack:

On Top of Old Smoky

Worth a look

I bought this film recently,and have watched it a couple of times,i must admit it is silly but very entertaining,it does grow on you.The funny horse riding scenes,which is obviously filmed in a studio,and the witty script,etc a horse called Henry.Its actually funnier the second time you see it,once you get over the slightly muddled plot,you take more notice of the dialogue second time around.I thought the funniest part was when Dan Duryea was making Gary Cooper exchange clothes with him and they are bitching at each other,i thought that was very original the film should have been remembered for that at least.Lorreta young was very good,and definitely showed an element of girl power which was unusual in the 1940s films,so in a lot of ways this film was quite ahead of its time,full credit to Gary Cooper for playing the incompetent part being protected by the woman,unlike the other one dimensional western stars of the time.Its a shame his films are not on TV so much any more,he was always a pleasure to watch,my parents always had his films on TV,when i was young.you sort of miss him now