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Granny Get Your Gun

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Granny Get Your Gun
Directed byGeorge Amy
Screenplay byKenneth Gamet
Produced byBryan Foy
StarringMay Robson
Harry Davenport
Margot Stevenson
Hardie Albright
Clem Bevans
Clay Clement
CinematographyL. William O'Connell
Edited byJack Killifer
Music byHoward Jackson
Production
company
Distributed byWarner Bros.
Release date
  • February 10, 1940 (1940-02-10)
Running time
56 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
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

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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

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Reception

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The film made a profit of $14,000.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Mank, Gregory William (2018). Laird Cregar: A Hollywood Tragedy. McFarland.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ "Granny Get Your Gun (1940) - Overview". TCM.com. Retrieved 2015-06-17.
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