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The Cheyenne Social Club (1970)

The Cheyenne Social Club poster
Directed by
Paul Helmick, Gene Kelly
Genre
comedy film, Western film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 42m
Rated
PG
Rating
6.4 of 10 from 76 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

An aging cowboy inherits a saloon that turns out to be a brothel. He decides to change it into a proper boarding house, causing conflict with the townspeople and the women who work there.

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What happens

The Cheyenne Social Club is a 1970 American Western comedy film written by James Lee Barrett, directed and produced by Gene Kelly, and starring James Stewart, Henry Fonda and Shirley Jones. The film is about an aging cowboy who inherits a brothel and decides to turn it into a respectable boarding house, against the wishes of both the townspeople and the ladies working there. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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