A Lady Takes a Chance

“IT'S SCREWY...And So Funny! IT'S RIOTOUS...And Romantic!”

5.8

1943

1h 26m

ComedyRomance

Director: William A. Seiter

Overview

A city girl on a bus tour of the West encounters a handsome rodeo cowboy who helps her forget her city suitors.

Cast

Molly J. Truesdale

Jean Arthur

Molly J. Truesdale

Duke Hudkins

John Wayne

Duke Hudkins

Smiley Lambert

Phil Silvers

Smiley Lambert

Waco

Charles Winninger

Waco

Florrie Bendix

Mary Field

Florrie Bendix

Drunk

Don Costello

Drunk

Storekeeper

John Philliber

Storekeeper

Malcolm Scott

Grady Sutton

Malcolm Scott

'Jitterbug' (as Peggy Carroll)

Jean Stevens

'Jitterbug' (as Peggy Carroll)

Bob Hastings

Grant Withers

Bob Hastings

Gregg Stone

Hans Conried

Gregg Stone

Flossie

Ariel Heath

Flossie

Reviews

CinemaSerf

A more unlikely couple you will struggle to see as Jean Arthur and John Wayne pair up in this rather fun comedy romance with spurs. Mollie is on a grand bus tour of the US until a stop in Oregon where she gets floored (literally) by a freshly bucked, handsome rodeo performer (Wayne) and off we go. This is a light-hearted outing for The Duke - soft lighting and a sensitive score help create quite a sophisticated environment for their - at times quite feisty - amour to develop. Never the most convincing of dialogues, and probably more remarkable for what it isn't than what it is, it is still quite an engaging little whimsy.

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