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A good-natured saddle tramp traveling with his sidekick is mistaken for a ruthless outlaw with a price on his head.A good-natured saddle tramp traveling with his sidekick is mistaken for a ruthless outlaw with a price on his head.A good-natured saddle tramp traveling with his sidekick is mistaken for a ruthless outlaw with a price on his head.
Ernie Adams
- Townsman
- (uncredited)
Erville Alderson
- Bartender
- (uncredited)
Silver Tip Baker
- Poker Player
- (uncredited)
Jack Baxley
- Rancher on Street
- (uncredited)
Hank Bell
- Posse Rider
- (uncredited)
Paul E. Burns
- Small Man
- (uncredited)
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- TriviaLoretta 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.
- GoofsWhen Cherry shoots Melody's hat, the bullet enters on the front up near the crown. As Melody walks away, no exit hole is seen anywhere, either in the top of the crown or out the back of the hat.
- Quotes
George Fury: Who is it?
Melody Jones: That used to be Packard, the Express Company fella.
George Fury: Well that cinched the duck! Now they got a corpus delicti!
Melody Jones: A what?
George Fury: A dead body! That's the way the law says it. Corpus delicti. Means that if they got a corpse, you're delicti! Before this, even if they hung ya, we could have proved it was a mistake.
- ConnectionsFeatured in John Wayne Made Me Cry: Our Western Heros (2002)
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Basically, this is an entertaining western that sports a combination of suspense, action, romance and comedy. It also features an interesting cast, with names like Gary Cooper, Loretta Young, William Demarest and Dan Duryea.
Cooper, as "Melody Jones," plays his normal low-key hero role and Demarest provides most of the laughs. Young is attractive and plays an intriguing character and Duyea does what he does best: play the villain. However, the latter has a smaller role than usual.
This is corny in spots, but it was meant to be since this is supposed to be a spoof of westerns. The only thing that didn't come off well was the special-specials, but they weren't much back in the days of this film but they are very dated now.
A nice, lightweight enjoyable satire.
Cooper, as "Melody Jones," plays his normal low-key hero role and Demarest provides most of the laughs. Young is attractive and plays an intriguing character and Duyea does what he does best: play the villain. However, the latter has a smaller role than usual.
This is corny in spots, but it was meant to be since this is supposed to be a spoof of westerns. The only thing that didn't come off well was the special-specials, but they weren't much back in the days of this film but they are very dated now.
A nice, lightweight enjoyable satire.
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- Oct 30, 2006
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- Runtime1 hour 30 minutes
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- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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