The Groom Wore Spurs | |
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Directed by | Richard Whorf |
Screenplay by | Robert Libott Frank Burt |
Story by | Robert Carson |
Produced by | Howard Welsch |
Starring |
Ginger Rogers Jack Carson |
Cinematography | J. Peverell Marley |
Edited by | Otto Ludwig |
Music by |
Arthur Lange Emil Newman |
Production company | Fidelity Pictures Corporation |
Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 81 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
The Groom Wore Spurs is a 1951 American comedy film directed by Richard Whorf and starring Ginger Rogers and Jack Carson.
Hollywood Singing cowboy Ben Castle ( Jack Carson) hires lawyer "A.J." Furnival ( Ginger Rogers) to get him out of his gambling debts that he incurred in Las Vegas to Harry Kallen Stanley Ridges. Kallan recognises A.J. as the daughter of a legendary attorney who helped him on several occasions. Castle seduces A.J. into a quick wedding with Kallan forgiving Castle his debts. A.J. discovers that Castle schemed the entire meeting and wedding with the intended result. Encouraged by her roommate Alice ( Joan Davis) A.J. decides to get her revenge by living with him. She settles Castle's film contract, then discovers that he is a milquetoast who in real life in unable to ride a horse or sing. Gangsters decide to frame Castle with a murder.
The Groom Wore Spurs | |
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![]() | |
Directed by | Richard Whorf |
Screenplay by | Robert Libott Frank Burt |
Story by | Robert Carson |
Produced by | Howard Welsch |
Starring |
Ginger Rogers Jack Carson |
Cinematography | J. Peverell Marley |
Edited by | Otto Ludwig |
Music by |
Arthur Lange Emil Newman |
Production company | Fidelity Pictures Corporation |
Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
Release date |
|
Running time | 81 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
The Groom Wore Spurs is a 1951 American comedy film directed by Richard Whorf and starring Ginger Rogers and Jack Carson.
Hollywood Singing cowboy Ben Castle ( Jack Carson) hires lawyer "A.J." Furnival ( Ginger Rogers) to get him out of his gambling debts that he incurred in Las Vegas to Harry Kallen Stanley Ridges. Kallan recognises A.J. as the daughter of a legendary attorney who helped him on several occasions. Castle seduces A.J. into a quick wedding with Kallan forgiving Castle his debts. A.J. discovers that Castle schemed the entire meeting and wedding with the intended result. Encouraged by her roommate Alice ( Joan Davis) A.J. decides to get her revenge by living with him. She settles Castle's film contract, then discovers that he is a milquetoast who in real life in unable to ride a horse or sing. Gangsters decide to frame Castle with a murder.