Ride 'Em Cowboy (1942)

Directed by

Arthur Lubin

Genre

comedy film, Western film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 20m

Rated

NR

Rating

6.1 of 10 from 28 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Two peanut vendors flee their boss and end up working as cowboys on a dude ranch. They have no idea what they are doing, which leads to a series of comic mishaps.

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What happens

Ride 'Em Cowboy is a 1942 film starring the comedy team of Abbott and Costello, Dick Foran, Anne Gwynne, Johnny Mack Brown, Ella Fitzgerald (in her first film appearance), Samuel S. Hinds, Douglas Dumbrille, and Morris Ankrum, and directed by Arthur Lubin. The film focuses on Abbott and Costello as they play the role of two peanut vendors on the run from their boss. Despite their lack of knowledge in the trade, they get jobs as cowboys on a dude ranch. The film is set in the West. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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