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Facing forty, a NYC spinster on a bus tour of the West encounters a handsome rodeo cowboy who helps her forget her unsuitable city suitors.Facing forty, a NYC spinster on a bus tour of the West encounters a handsome rodeo cowboy who helps her forget her unsuitable city suitors.Facing forty, a NYC spinster on a bus tour of the West encounters a handsome rodeo cowboy who helps her forget her unsuitable city suitors.
Jean Stevens
- 'Jitterbug'
- (as Peggy Carroll)
Eddy Waller
- Bus Station Attendant
- (as Ed Waller)
- Director
- Writers
- Robert Ardrey
- Jo Swerling
- Garson Kanin(unconfirmed) (uncredited)
- All cast & crew
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Did you know
- TriviaAlthough his character in the film is named Duke Hudkins, John Wayne got his nickname "The Duke" long before. In his early teens living in Glendale, California, Wayne had a dog named Duke. They were so inseparable that family and friends called them Little Duke and Big Duke. For Wayne, who soon entered high school theatrical productions, the name stuck.
- GoofsThe story takes place in 1938 many years before wash and wear and permapress, yet Jean Arthur's single outfit remains constantly clean and wrinkle free despite her many misadventures, including sleeping all night on the open desert.
- ConnectionsReferenced in Hollywood Hist-o-Rama: John Wayne (1961)
Featured review
East meets west. AKA The Cowboy and the Girl.
This is a funny and enjoyable movie. Jean Arthur plays Molly Truesdale, a young woman that needs a break from her job and the pursuit of three fellows wanting her companionship. She signs up for a fourteen day bus trip west. The vacation gets interesting when she meets a cowboy at a rodeo. That cowboy is Duke Hudkins (John Wayne), who is smitten with her coy flirtations. There is a magical interaction between Arthur and Wayne that seems to make the black and white film glow.
Phil Silvers plays the tour bus guide. The cowboy's side kick, Waco, is played by Charles Winninger. Also in the cast is Mary Field and Jean Stevens.
Phil Silvers plays the tour bus guide. The cowboy's side kick, Waco, is played by Charles Winninger. Also in the cast is Mary Field and Jean Stevens.
- michaelRokeefe
- May 22, 2000
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- Runtime1 hour 26 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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By what name was A Lady Takes a Chance (1943) officially released in Canada in English?
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