A Lady Takes a Chance
IT'S SCREWY...And So Funny! IT'S RIOTOUS...And Romantic!
1943 | 86m | English
Popularity: 3 (history)
| Director: | William A. Seiter |
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| Writer: | Jo Swerling, Robert Ardrey |
| Staring: |
| A city girl on a bus tour of the West encounters a handsome rodeo cowboy who helps her forget her city suitors. | |
| Release Date: | Aug 19, 1943 |
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| Director: | William A. Seiter |
| Writer: | Jo Swerling, Robert Ardrey |
| Genres: | Comedy, Romance |
| Keywords | rodeo, oregon, usa, bus trip |
| Production Companies | RKO Radio Pictures, Frank Ross Productions |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Aug 03, 2024 Entered: Apr 27, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Jean Arthur | Molly J. Truesdale |
| John Wayne | Duke Hudkins |
| Phil Silvers | Smiley Lambert |
| Charles Winninger | Waco |
| Mary Field | Florrie Bendix |
| Don Costello | Drunk |
| John Philliber | Storekeeper |
| Grady Sutton | Malcolm Scott |
| Jean Stevens | 'Jitterbug' (as Peggy Carroll) |
| Grant Withers | Bob Hastings |
| Hans Conried | Gregg Stone |
| Ariel Heath | Flossie |
| Sugar Geise | Linda Belle |
| Joan Blair | Lilly |
| Tom Fadden | Mullen |
| Eddy Waller | Bus Station Attendant (as Ed Waller) |
| Nina Quartero | Carmencita |
| Alex Melesh | Bartender #1 |
| Cy Kendall | Gambling House Boss |
| Paul Scott | Bartender #2 |
| Charles D. Brown | Dr. G.W. Humboldt |
| Billy Lenhart | Butch |
| Kenneth Brown | Buddy |
| Polly Bailey | Beggar Woman |
| Bobby Barber | Gambler |
| Benny Bartlett | Henry |
| Hank Bell | Mustached Gold City Cowboy |
| Joseph E. Bernard | Gambler |
| Eddie Borden | Poker Player |
| Rudy Bowman | Barfly |
| Roy Bucko | Barfly |
| Fred Burns | Team Driver |
| Lane Chandler | Slim |
| Robert Cherry | Hot Dog Vendor |
| J.W. Cody | Indian Bellhop |
| Monte Collins | Poker Player |
| Armand Cortes | Al |
| Victor Cox | Barfly |
| Jack Daley | Gambler |
| Roy Darmour | Gambler |
| George DeNormand | Truck Driver |
| Eddie Dew | Cowboy |
| Bert Dillard | Cowboy |
| Herbert Evans | Butler |
| George Ford | Wealthy Young Man |
| Bud Geary | Gambler |
| Jack Gordon | Barfly |
| Fred Graham | Saloon Brawler |
| Dorothy Granger | Hot Dog Girl |
| Ralf Harolde | Croupier |
| Warren Jackson | Gambler |
| Ray Jones | Saloon Brawler |
| Donald Kerr | Gambler |
| Mike Lally | Gambler |
| Frank McCarroll | Barfly |
| Robert McKenzie | Poker Player |
| Dorcas McKim | Mother |
| Charles Meakin | Bus Passenger |
| Frank Melton | Otto |
| Kansas Moehring | Barfly |
| Patsy Moran | Counter Girl |
| Horace Murphy | Poker Player |
| Jack O'Shea | Gambler |
| Artie Ortego | Saloon Brawler |
| Ronald R. Rondell | Henchman |
| Syd Saylor | Poker Player |
| Harry Semels | Greek |
| Allen D. Sewall | Barfly |
| Mysty Shot | Sammy - Horse |
| Clarence Straight | Henry |
| Chalky Williams | Reporter |
| Hank Worden | Waiter |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Albert S. D'Agostino | Art Direction |
| William A. Seiter | Director |
| Jo Swerling | Story |
| Roy Webb | Original Music Composer |
| Robert Ardrey | Screenplay |
| Frank Redman | Director of Photography |
| A. Roland Fields | Set Decoration |
| Edward Stevenson | Costume Design |
| Theron Warth | Editor |
| Alfred Herman | Art Direction |
| Darrell Silvera | Set Decoration |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Frank Ross | Producer |
| Organization | Category | Person |
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Popularity History
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| 2024 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 2 |
| 2024 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 3 |
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| 2024 | 7 | 6 | 11 | 2 |
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| 2025 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 2 |
| 2025 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 |
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| 2025 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 2025 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
Trending Position
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. T ... his 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.