Rose Gillray
Ginger Rogers
Rose Gillray

“She knows the ROPES and all the JOKES!”
At the turn of the century Rose and ex-showbiz friend Molly get involved in selling steel. When they come unstuck with corsets they embark on the even more hazardous project of selling barbed wire to highly suspicious Texas cowboys.
Rose Gillray
Ginger Rogers
Rose Gillray
Charles Masters
Barry Nelson
Charles Masters
Molly Wade
Carol Channing
Molly Wade
James Carter
David Brian
James Carter
Joel Kingdom
James Arness
Joel Kingdom
Jack Rice
Clint Eastwood
Jack Rice
Cal
Robert F. Simon
Cal
Duncan
Frank Wilcox
Duncan
Sheriff
Dan White
Sheriff
Judge Benson
Harry Cheshire
Judge Benson
Amos
Johnny Lee
Amos
Courtroom Spectator
Hank Patterson
Courtroom Spectator
Partly good, partly not so. <em>'The First Traveling Saleslady'</em> is acted out well throughout by the likes of Ginger Rogers, Carol Channing and Barry Nelson, I have no issues with the main cast, but unfortunately the rest of the film is forgettable. The big negative, for me, is the humour which, pretty much entirely, is way more miss than hit - for example, but not limited to, the Native American 'jokes'. Clint Eastwood's career is, at this point in time, on the peripheral of exploding, though this is only his second credited role - after 1955's <em>'<a href="https://letterboxd.com/film/francis-in-the-navy/">Francis in the Navy</a>'</em>. He gives a solid enough, if still a tad wooden, performance. As for the film, with a fair few tweaks it could've been a fun little production. As is, though, it's not one I'll be remembering.
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