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The Cowboy and the Lady

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6.1/10 • 23

1938-11-171h 31m

ComedyRomanceWestern

MERLE ropes Gary! GARY brands Merle!

Mary Smith decides after a lifetime of being a shut-in to do something wild while her father is out campaigning for the presidency, so she takes off for the family's home in West Palm Beach and inadvertently becomes romantically entangled with earnest cowboy Stretch Willoughby. Neither the dalliance nor the cowboy fit with the upper class image projected by her esteemed father, forcing her to choose.

Directors
H. C. Potter
Editors
Sherman Todd

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  1. Gary Cooper

    Gary Cooper

    Stretch Willoughby

  2. Merle Oberon

    Merle Oberon

    Mary Smith

  3. Patsy Kelly

    Patsy Kelly

    Katie Callahan

  4. Walter Brennan

    Walter Brennan

    Sugar

  5. Fuzzy Knight

    Fuzzy Knight

    Buzz

  6. Mabel Todd

    Mabel Todd

    Elly

  7. Henry Kolker

    Henry Kolker

    Horace Smith

  8. Harry Davenport

    Harry Davenport

    Uncle Hannibal Smith

  9. Emma Dunn

    Emma Dunn

    Ma Hawkins

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CinemaSerf

Jun 20, 2022

6/10

To be honest, there isn't much substance to this little story. Merle Oberon is "Mary Smith" who lives her life treading on eggshells lest she affect the political reputation of her father. When she manages to convince a couple of her maids to go out on a blind date, they encounter some cowboys in for the rodeo - "Stretch Willoughby" (Gary Cooper) amongst them. They fall in love, elope and now she must juggle the double lives with her new husband and her father. The two stars are clearly having a bit of fun, and they work well together - aided by a few timely scenes with Water Brennan "Sugar" but at 90 minutes the plot wears too thin, pretty quickly and it all rather runs out of steam.

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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
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Revenue
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Keywords
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