Granny Get Your Gun
| Granny Get Your Gun | |
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| Directed by | George Amy |
| Screenplay by | Kenneth Gamet |
| Produced by | Bryan Foy |
| Starring | May Robson Harry Davenport Margot Stevenson Hardie Albright Clem Bevans Clay Clement |
| Cinematography | L. William O'Connell |
| Edited by | Jack Killifer |
| Music by | Howard Jackson |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Warner Bros. |
Release date |
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Running time | 56 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $98,000[1] |
| Box office | $256,000[1] |
Granny Get Your Gun is a 1940 American comedy western film directed by George Amy and written by Kenneth Gamet. The film stars May Robson, Harry Davenport, Margot Stevenson, Hardie Albright, Clem Bevans and Clay Clement. It is based primarily on supporting characters found in the 1937 Perry Mason novel The Case of the Dangerous Dowager. The film was released by Warner Bros. on February 10, 1940.[2][3]
Plot
[edit]Leonard Maltin: "Cute comic mystery... Robson is a hoot as a rough-riding Nevadan who straps on her six-shooters and turns sleuth to clear her granddaughter of a trumped-up murder charge."
Cast
[edit]- May Robson as Minerva Hildegarde Hatton
- Harry Davenport as Nathaniel 'Nate' Paulson
- Margot Stevenson as Julie Westcott
- Hardie Albright as Phillip 'Phil' Westcott
- Clem Bevans as Smokey
- Clay Clement as Riff Daggett
- William B. Davidson as Fitzgerald
- Arthur Aylesworth as Sheriff Quinn
- Granville Bates as Tom Redding
- Ann E. Todd as Charlotte
- Vera Lewis as Carrie
- Max Hoffman Jr. as Frayne
- Archie Twitchell as Joe
- Walter Wilson as Judge
- Nat Carr as Wadsworth
- Laird Cregar as Court Clerk (uncredited)
- Creighton Hale as Reporter (uncredited)
- Jack Mower as Bailiff (uncredited)
Reception
[edit]The film made a profit of $14,000.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Mank, Gregory William (2018). Laird Cregar: A Hollywood Tragedy. McFarland.
- ^ Hal Erickson (2015). "Granny-Get-Your-Gun - Trailer - Cast - Showtimes". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Archived from the original on 2015-03-19. Retrieved 2015-06-17.
- ^ "Granny Get Your Gun (1940) - Overview". TCM.com. Retrieved 2015-06-17.
External links
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- 1940 films
- Films directed by George Amy
- American Western (genre) comedy films
- 1940s Western (genre) comedy films
- Films based on American novels
- Films based on mystery novels
- Films set in Nevada
- Perry Mason
- Warner Bros. films
- American black-and-white films
- 1940 comedy films
- 1940s American films
- 1940s English-language films
- Films scored by Howard Jackson (composer)
- English-language Western (genre) comedy films
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