Pardners (1956)

User Rating:

5.9/10   

Director:

Norman Taurog

Writers:

Sidney Sheldon (screenplay)
Jerry Davis (story)
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Release Date:

1 August 1956 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Western

Tagline:

DEAN MARTIN AND JERRY LEWIS SHOOT THE WORKS with LAUGHTER...and bullets, ballads and beauties!

Plot:

A rich momma's boy returns west with the son of his murdered father's partner to foil a gang trying to gain control of his family ranch.

Plot Keywords:

Foreman | Prize Cow | Mortgage | Antique | Cattle Car

Cast

Dean Martin	...	Slim Mosely Jr. / Slim Mosely Sr.
Jerry Lewis	...	Wade Kingsley Jr. / Wade Kingsley Sr.
Lori Nelson	...	Carol Kingsley
Jeff Morrow	...	Pete Rio
Jackie Loughery	...	Dolly Riley
John Baragrey	...	Dan Hollis / Sam Hollis
Agnes Moorehead	...	Mrs. Matilda Kingsley
Lon Chaney Jr.	...	Whitey (as Lon Chaney)
Milton Frome	...	Hawkins, the Butler
Richard Aherne	...	Chauffeur
Lee Van Cleef	...	Gus
Stuart Randall	...	Carol's cowhand
Scott Douglas	...	Salvin
Jack Elam	...	Pete
Bob Steele	...	Shorty
Mickey Finn	...	Red
Douglas Spencer	...	Smith
Philip Tonge	...	Mr. Baxter, Footman
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Dorothy Abbott	...	Dance hall girl (uncredited)
Eric Alden	...	Carol's Cowhand (uncredited)
Valerie Allen	...	Dance hall girl (uncredited)
Bill Baldwin	...	Announcer (uncredited)
Bobby Barber	...	Townsperson (uncredited)
Emily Belser	...	Townsperson (uncredited)
Stanley Blystone	...	Townsperson (uncredited)
Robert Brubaker	...	Businessman (uncredited)
Frank Cordell	...	Townsperson (uncredited)
Dorothy Ford	...	Amanda Wentworth (uncredited)
William Forrest	...	Hocker (uncredited)
Robert Garvey	...	Townsperson (uncredited)
Gavin Gordon	...	Businessman (uncredited)
Joe Gray	...	Bit Role (uncredited)
Len Hendry	...	Western cowboy (uncredited)
Don House	...	Townsperson (uncredited)
Hank Mann	...	Townsperson (uncredited)
Ann McCrea	...	Dance hall girl (uncredited)
Frances Mercer	...	Sally (uncredited)
Tony Michael	...	Businessman (uncredited)
Matt Moore	...	Cowboy (uncredited)
Mary Newton	...	Laura (uncredited)
Emory Parnell	...	Col. Hart (uncredited)
James Parnell	...	Bank Teller (uncredited)
Elaine Riley	...	Dance hall girl (uncredited)
Charles Stevens	...	Indian (uncredited)
Johnstone White	...	Businessman (uncredited)
Keith Wilson	...	Townsperson (uncredited)

Directed by
Norman Taurog

Writing credits
Sidney Sheldon		(screenplay)
Jerry Davis		(story)
Mervin J. Houser		(story)

Produced by
Paul Jones	....	producer

Cinematography by
Daniel L. Fapp		(director of photography) (as Daniel Fapp)

Film Editing by
Archie Marshek

Art Direction by
Roland Anderson
Hal Pereira

Set Decoration by
Sam Comer
Ray Moyer

Costume Design by
Edith Head

Makeup Department
Wally Westmore	....	makeup supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Michael D. Moore	....	assistant director

Sound Department
Gene Garvin	....	sound recordist
Gene Merritt	....	sound recordist
Bill Wistrom	....	sound editor (uncredited)

Special Effects by
John P. Fulton	....	special photographic effects

Stunts
Philip Crawford	....	stunts (uncredited)
Richard Farnsworth	....	stunts (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Farciot Edouart	....	process photographer
W. Wallace Kelley	....	photographer: second unit (as Wallace Kelley)

Editorial Department
Richard Mueller	....	color consultant: Technicolor

Music Department
Frank De Vol	....	conductor
Frank De Vol	....	music arranger
Norman Luboff	....	music arranger: vocal arrangements
Gerard Carbonara	....	composer: stock music (uncredited)
Frank De Vol	....	composer: incidental music (uncredited)
John Leipold	....	composer: stock music (uncredited)
Walter Scharf	....	composer: stock music (uncredited)
Victor Young	....	composer: stock music (uncredited)

Other crew
Nick Castle	....	choreographer
Jack Mintz	....	assistant to producer
Rodd Redwing	....	technical advisor

Production Companies

• York Pictures Corporation
• Paramount Pictures

Distributors

• Paramount Pictures (1956) (USA) (theatrical)
• Paramount (1957) (West Germany) (theatrical)
• Paramount Home Video (1994) (USA) (VHS)
• Paramount (1957) (France) (theatrical)

Runtime:

90 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (Perspecta Sound encoding) (Western Electric Recording)

Certification:

Australia:G | Norway:12 | USA:Approved (PCA #17982) | Canada:F (Ontario) | Canada:G (Manitoba/Nova Scotia/Quebec) | UK:U | France:U | West Germany:12 (nf) | Finland:K-12 | Sweden:15

Filming Locations:

Iverson Ranch, Chatsworth, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

York Pictures Corporation

Goofs:

Anachronisms: As Dean rescues Jerry in the doorway of the train after it leaves New York, cars from the 1950s, not 1910, are visible in the rail yard in the stock footage background.

Quotes:

Slim Mosely Jr.: [waiting with Carol to meet Mrs. Kingsley] Oh, don't worry - I'll make a good impression.
Slim Mosely Jr.: [he sits on an old chair and in collapses just as Matilda comes into the room screaming in horror] My antique chair!
Slim Mosely Jr.: [relieved] Well, I'm glad it was only an old one.

Movie Connections:

Featured in 100 Years of Comedy (1997) (V)

Soundtrack:

Me 'N You 'N the Moon

Martin and Lewis go west

Martin and Lewis are seen as old men in the beginning of the film.They are these ranch partners who are brutally murdered.Their sons ought to revenge for their death.In 1910 their sons are fully grown men, at least Martin's character Slim Mosely Jr. is.Lewis' Wade Kingsley Jr. is a rich momma's boy.But together they head back for the old west where they meet a gang of outlaws called "masked raiders".Norman Taurog is the director and Sidney Sheldon is behind the screenplay of Pardners (1956).It's a western comedy that stars the comedy team Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis.Actually this was the second last picture they made together before their break-up.The collaboration between them still works even though this isn't the best picture they did together.But still pretty funny.Just watch Jerry Lewis learn how to be a real cowboy.And how he's in the saloon acting tougher than he actually is.The rest of the cast does good job, too.Lori Nelson plays Carol Kingsley.Agnes Moorehead is Mrs.Matilda Kingsley.Jeff Morrow plays Pete Rio and John Baragrey is Dan/Sam Hollis.Lon Chaney Jr. is Whitey.Lee Van Cleef plays Gus while Jack Elam is Pete.I became an admirer of Jerry Lewis movies, with and without Dean 10 years ago.They showed all these great and funny movies during the summer that made me laugh.Lewis and Martin worked great together.Just like Laurel and Hardy did, or Hope and Crosby and the Marx brothers.What ever happened to great comedy teams?