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5.8/10 • 33

1945-07-191h 30m

WesternComedy

IT'S THE WEST AT ITS BEST! WITH ROOTIN'...TOOTIN'...SHOOTIN' COOPER!

An easy-going cowboy is mistaken by the townsfolk for a notorious gunman. The cowboy decides it would be best to leave town, until he meets the gunman's girlfriend.

Directors
Stuart Heisler
Writters
Nunnally Johnson
Editors
Nunnally Johnson, Thomas Neff

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  1. Gary Cooper

    Gary Cooper

    Melody Jones

  2. Loretta Young

    Loretta Young

    Cherry de Longpre

  3. William Demarest

    William Demarest

    George Fury

  4. Dan Duryea

    Dan Duryea

    Monte Jarrad

  5. Frank Sully

    Frank Sully

    Avery de Longpre

  6. Don Costello

    Don Costello

    Leo Gledhill

  7. Walter Sande

    Walter Sande

    Ira Waggoner

  8. Russell Simpson

    Russell Simpson

    Pop de Longpre

  9. Arthur Loft

    Arthur Loft

    Sheriff

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John Chard

Dec 9, 2018

6/10

Like I told your friend, never turn your back on anything... especially a girl! Along Came Jones is directed by Stuart Heisler and adapted to screenplay by Nunnally Johnson from the Alan Le May novel The Useless Cowboy. It stars Gary Cooper, Loretta Young, Dan Duryea and William Demarest. Music is by Arthur Lange and cinematography by Milton R. Krasner. Mild mannered Melody Jones (Cooper) and his friend George Fury (Demarest) wander into the town of Payneville. Because of the saddle on his horse having the initials M J, Jones is mistaken for being wanted outlaw Monte Jarrad (Duryea), something which brings him into conflict with the townsfolk - and Jarrad himself! Monte Jarrad. Tall and skinny, mean tempered and extra fast with a gun - travels with half-wit uncle called Uncle Roscoe something. Cooper for the first time enters the realm of producer and delivers a sly spoof of the Western genre that served him so well. Cooper as Jones is happy to laugh at himself, portraying him as an amiable buffoon. Initially it's not easy to accept such a laconic and mighty presence as being such a character, but Cooper quickly draws you in. Cooper is aided by professional turns from Young, Duryea and Demarest, who in turn get a sprightly script of fun dialogue to work from - which in a film of much chatter is crucial to make it work. Elsewhere, what action scenes are forthcoming are moderately staged and Krasner's black and white photography is gorgeous in print form, but the locales and set designs just sort of sit there waiting to be elevated. The budget restriction in place is annoying, where we should have sweep and out of studio airiness, we instead have cheap tricks and crude back projection, this cast deserves better production value. Plotting is also thin and formulaic, the screenplay and Heisler's direction playing safe and not doing justice to the satirical beats trying to be heard. It's fun and charming enough to be worth time spent on viewing, and Cooper and co are good company, but it should have been better and had better care afforded it from a technical standpoint. 6/10

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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
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Revenue
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Keywords
gunman