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A Lady Takes a Chance
A city girl on a bus tour of the West encounters a handsome rodeo cowboy who helps her forget her city suitors.
5.75
86 min
Release
1943-08-19
Cast
Jean Arthur
as Molly J. Truesdale
John Wayne
as Duke Hudkins
Phil Silvers
as Smiley Lambert
Charles Winninger
as Waco
Mary Field
as Florrie Bendix
Don Costello
as DrunkJohn Philliber
as Storekeeper
Grady Sutton
as Malcolm Scott
Jean Stevens
as 'Jitterbug' (as Peggy Carroll)
Grant Withers
as Bob Hastings
Hans Conried
as Gregg Stone
Ariel Heath
as FlossieSugar Geise
as Linda BelleJoan Blair
as Lilly
Tom Fadden
as Mullen
Eddy Waller
as Bus Station Attendant (as Ed Waller)
Nina Quartero
as CarmencitaAlex Melesh
as Bartender #1
Cy Kendall
as Gambling House BossPaul Scott
as Bartender #2
Charles D. Brown
as Dr. G.W. Humboldt
Billy Lenhart
as Butch
Kenneth Brown
as BuddyPolly Bailey
as Beggar Woman
Bobby Barber
as Gambler
Benny Bartlett
as Henry
Hank Bell
as Mustached Gold City Cowboy
Joseph E. Bernard
as Gambler
Eddie Borden
as Poker Player
Rudy Bowman
as BarflyRoy Bucko
as Barfly
Fred Burns
as Team Driver
Lane Chandler
as SlimRobert Cherry
as Hot Dog VendorJ.W. Cody
as Indian Bellhop
Monte Collins
as Poker PlayerArmand Cortes
as AlVictor Cox
as BarflyJack Daley
as GamblerRoy Darmour
as GamblerGeorge DeNormand
as Truck Driver
Eddie Dew
as CowboyBert Dillard
as Cowboy
Herbert Evans
as ButlerGeorge Ford
as Wealthy Young Man
Bud Geary
as GamblerJack Gordon
as Barfly
Fred Graham
as Saloon Brawler
Dorothy Granger
as Hot Dog Girl
Ralf Harolde
as CroupierWarren Jackson
as GamblerRay Jones
as Saloon Brawler
Donald Kerr
as Gambler
Mike Lally
as GamblerFrank McCarroll
as Barfly
Robert McKenzie
as Poker PlayerDorcas McKim
as Mother
Charles Meakin
as Bus Passenger
Frank Melton
as Otto
Kansas Moehring
as BarflyPatsy Moran
as Counter Girl
Horace Murphy
as Poker Player
Jack O'Shea
as Gambler
Artie Ortego
as Saloon Brawler
Ronald R. Rondell
as Henchman
Syd Saylor
as Poker Player
Harry Semels
as GreekAllen D. Sewall
as BarflyMysty Shot
as Sammy - HorseClarence Straight
as HenryChalky Williams
as Reporter
Hank Worden
as WaiterDirector
REVIEWS
Geronimo1967
A more unlikely couple you will struggle to see as Jean Arthur and John Wayne pair up in this rather fun comedy romance with spurs. Mollie is on a grand bus tour of the US until a stop in Oregon where she gets floored (literally) by a freshly bucked, handsome rodeo performer (Wayne) and off we go. This is a light-hearted outing for The Duke - soft lighting and a sensitive score help create quite a sophisticated environment for their - at times quite feisty - amour to develop. Never the most convincing of dialogues, and probably more remarkable for what it isn't than what it is, it is still quite an engaging little whimsy.
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