The Roundup
DON WILSON, Jack Benny's famous announcer...goes over big---but BIG---in his first screen comedy role!
1941 | 90m | English
Popularity: 0.3 (history)
| Director: | Lesley Selander |
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| Writer: | Harold Shumate |
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| Originally written as a stage vehicle for corpulent character actor Macklyn Arbuckle, Ernest Day's The Roundup was first filmed in 1920 with Fatty Arbuckle (no relation) in the lead. By the time the film was remade in 1941, Arbuckle's character, a roly-poly frontier sheriff named Slim (!), was refashioned as a supporting role, with Jack Benny's radio announcer Don Wilson essaying the part. The plot, however, remained fairly intact: Upon hearing that her fiance Greg (Preston Foster) has been killed, Janet (Patricia Morison) agrees to marry rancher Steve (Richard Dix) on the rebound. On the day of the wedding, who should show up but Greg, determined to raise as much Hell as humanly possible | |
| Release Date: | Apr 03, 1941 |
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| Director: | Lesley Selander |
| Writer: | Harold Shumate |
| Genres: | Western |
| Keywords | ranch, wedding, rustler |
| Production Companies | Paramount Pictures, Harry Sherman Productions |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Aug 04, 2024 (Update) Entered: Apr 26, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
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| Richard Dix | Steve Payson |
| Patricia Morison | Janet Allen (Payson) |
| Preston Foster | Greg Lane |
| Don Wilson | Sheriff 'Slim' Hoover |
| Ruth Donnelly | Polly Hope |
| Douglass Dumbrille | Capt. Bob Lane |
| Jerome Cowan | Wade McGee |
| Betty Brewer | Mary, Child Rescued by Greg Lane |
| Morris Ankrum | 'Parenthesis' |
| Dick Curtis | Ed Crandall (as Richard Curtis) |
| William Haade | Frane Battles |
| Clara Kimball Young | Mrs. Wilson |
| Weldon Heyburn | 'Cheyenne' |
| Lane Chandler | Taggert |
| Lee 'Lasses' White | Sam Snead |
| Name | Job |
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| Lesley Selander | Director |
| Edmund Day | Theatre Play |
| Harold Shumate | Screenplay |
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