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Ride 'Em Cowboy is a american film of genre Comedy directed by Arthur Lubin released in USA on 13 february 1942 with Bud Abbott
Ride 'Em Cowboy (1942)
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Add to a movie listReleased in USA 13 february 1942
Length 1h26
Directed by Arthur Lubin
OriginUSA
Themes Buddy films
Rating64%
Ride 'Em Cowboy is a 1942 film starring the comedy team of Abbott and Costello. The supporting cast features Dick Foran, Anne Gwynne, Johnny Mack Brown, Ella Fitzgerald, Samuel S. Hinds, Douglas Dumbrille and Morris Ankrum, and the movie was directed by Arthur Lubin.
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Though the author of best-selling western novels, 'Bronco Bob' Mitchell (Dick Foran), has never set foot in the west. When a newspaper article has exposed this fact to his fans, he decides to make an appearance at a Long Island charity rodeo. When a steer escapes the enclosure, he is thrown from his horse, and a cowgirl, Anne Shaw (Anne Gwynne), comes to his rescue by bulldogging the steer. During the rescue, she is injured and loses her chance to obtain the $10,000 prize, and returns to her father's dude ranch in Arizona. Bob follows her to make amends.Actors
Bud Abbott
(Duke)
Lou Costello
(Willoughby)
Dick Foran
(Bronco Bob Mitchell)
Anne Gwynne
(Anne Shaw)
John Mack Brown
(Alabam' Brewster)
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