Annie Get Your Gun
Biggest musical under the sun!
1950 | 107m | English
Popularity: 0.7 (history)
| Director: | George Sidney |
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| Writer: | Sidney Sheldon |
| Staring: |
| Gunslinger Annie Oakley romances fellow sharpshooter Frank Butler as they travel with Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. | |
| Release Date: | May 17, 1950 |
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| Director: | George Sidney |
| Writer: | Sidney Sheldon |
| Genres: | Comedy, Music, Romance, Western |
| Keywords | musical, sharpshooter, wild west show |
| Production Companies | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $8,000,000
Budget: $3,768,785 |
| Updates |
Updated: Feb 05, 2026 Entered: Apr 13, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Betty Hutton | Annie Oakley |
| Howard Keel | Frank Butler |
| Louis Calhern | Col. Buffalo Bill Cody |
| J. Carrol Naish | Chief Sitting Bull |
| Edward Arnold | Pawnee Bill |
| Keenan Wynn | Charlie Davenport |
| Benay Venuta | Dolly Tate |
| Clinton Sundberg | Foster Wilson |
| Dorothy Abbott | Carriage Woman (uncredited) |
| Bette Arlen | Carriage Passenger (uncredited) |
| Polly Bailey | Minor Role (uncredited) |
| Hal Bell | Dancer (uncredited) |
| Evelyn Beresford | Queen Victoria (uncredited) |
| Margaret Bert | Bit Role (uncredited) |
| Norman Borine | Dancer (uncredited) |
| Tex Brodus | Ball Guest (uncredited) |
| Eleanor Brown | Minnie Oakley (uncredited) |
| Archie Butler | Cowboy (uncredited) |
| George Calliga | Ball Guest (uncredited) |
| Sue Carlton | Minor Role (uncredited) |
| Bridget Carr | Carriage Woman (uncredited) |
| Sue Casey | Cowgirl (uncredited) |
| André Charlot | French President Emile Loubet (uncredited) |
| Dorinda Clifton | Cowgirl (uncredited) |
| Mae Clarke | Mrs. Adams (uncredited) |
| Diane Dick | Nellie Oakley (uncredited) |
| Helen Dickson | Sour-Faced Wife (uncredited) |
| Michael Dugan | Cowboy (uncredited) |
| Phil Dunham | Cynical Man (uncredited) |
| Edward Earle | Footman (uncredited) |
| Marietta Elliott | Cowgirl (uncredited) |
| Herbert Evans | Dignitary with Queen Victoria (uncredited) |
| Luigi Faccuito | Dancer (uncredited) |
| Budd Fine | Immigration Officer (uncredited) |
| Elizabeth Flournoy | Helen (uncredited) |
| Lee Tung Foo | Chinese Cook on Train (uncredited) |
| Mary Jane French | Cowgirl (uncredited) |
| Fred Gilman | Cowboy (uncredited) |
| Mary Gleason | Cowgirl (uncredited) |
| A. Cameron Grant | Minor Role (uncredited) |
| Marion Gray | Ball Guest (uncredited) |
| William Hall | Tall Cowboy Boarding Boat (uncredited) |
| John Hamilton | Ship Captain (uncredited) |
| Sam Harris | Ball Guest (uncredited) |
| James Harrison | Mac (uncredited) |
| Jean Harrison | Woman (uncredited) |
| Dell Henderson | Hotel Guest in Hammock (uncredited) |
| Carol Henry | Cowboy (uncredited) |
| Shep Houghton | Party Guest (uncredited) |
| Tom Humphrey | Indian Warrior (uncredited) |
| Ed Kilroy | Guest (uncredited) |
| Helen Kimball | Cowgirl (uncredited) |
| Judy Landon | Cowgirl (uncredited) |
| Nolan Leary | Immigration Officer (uncredited) |
| Meredith Leeds | Cowgirl (uncredited) |
| Casey MacGregor | Cowboy (uncredited) |
| Robert Malcolm | Train Conductor (uncredited) |
| Charles Mauu | Indian Warrior (uncredited) |
| Edith Mills | Squaw (uncredited) |
| Rhea Mitchell | Minor Role (uncredited) |
| Joe Molina | Indian (uncredited) |
| Brad Morrow | Little Jake Oakley (uncredited) |
| Forbes Murray | Ball Guest (uncredited) |
| John Mylong | Kaiser Wilhelm II (uncredited) |
| Kerry O'Day | Minor Role (uncredited) |
| Anne O'Neal | Miss Willoughby (uncredited) |
| Susan Odin | Jessie Oakley (uncredited) |
| Rusty Parent | Stagecoach Girl (uncredited) |
| Nino Pipitone | King Victor Emmanuel (uncredited) |
| Peter Price | Boy (uncredited) |
| Charles Regan | Barker (uncredited) |
| Al Rhein | Barker (uncredited) |
| Alex Romero | Dancer (uncredited) |
| Buddy Roosevelt | Minor Role (uncredited) |
| Carl Sepulveda | Cowboy (uncredited) |
| Carl Sklover | Bit Role (uncredited) |
| Dorothy Skyeagle | Mrs. Little Horse (uncredited) |
| Sandra Spence | Carriage Woman (uncredited) |
| Shooting Star | Indian Warrior (uncredited) |
| Larry Steers | Ball Guest (uncredited) |
| Riley Sunrise | Indian Warrior (uncredited) |
| William Tannen | Barker (uncredited) |
| Tony Taylor | Little Boy Holding Poster (uncredited) |
| Jack Trent | Cowboy (uncredited) |
| Ellinor Vanderveer | Ball Guest (uncredited) |
| Jackee Waldron | Minor Role (uncredited) |
| Alice Wallace | Minor Role (uncredited) |
| John War Eagle | Indian Brave (uncredited) |
| Bunny Waters | Minor Role (uncredited) |
| Frank Wilcox | Mr. Clay (uncredited) |
| Billy Wilkerson | Indian Warrior (uncredited) |
| Marjorie Wood | Constance (uncredited) |
| Chief Yowlachie | Little Horse (uncredited) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Walter Plunkett | Costume Design |
| Edwin B. Willis | Set Decoration |
| Jack Dawn | Makeup Artist |
| Irving Berlin | Lyricist, Original Music Composer |
| Adolph Deutsch | Music Director |
| Douglas Shearer | Recording Supervision |
| A. Arnold Gillespie | Special Effects |
| Helen Rose | Costume Design |
| James E. Newcom | Editor |
| Paul Groesse | Art Direction |
| Herbert Fields | Musical |
| Dorothy Fields | Musical |
| Warren Newcombe | Special Effects |
| George Sidney | Director |
| Sidney Sheldon | Screenplay |
| Charles Rosher | Director of Photography |
| Cedric Gibbons | Art Direction |
| Sydney Guilaroff | Hair Designer |
| Name | Title |
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| Arthur Freed | Producer |
| Organization | Category | Person | |
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| Academy Awards | Best Picture | N/A | Nominated |
Popularity History
| Year | Month | Avg | Max | Min |
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| 2024 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 6 |
| 2024 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 6 |
| 2024 | 6 | 9 | 17 | 5 |
| 2024 | 7 | 9 | 19 | 5 |
| 2024 | 8 | 8 | 12 | 5 |
| 2024 | 9 | 7 | 13 | 5 |
| 2024 | 10 | 11 | 33 | 4 |
| 2024 | 11 | 7 | 13 | 5 |
| 2024 | 12 | 6 | 9 | 4 |
| 2025 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 4 |
| 2025 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 2 |
| 2025 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 1 |
| 2025 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| 2025 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| 2025 | 11 | 4 | 11 | 0 |
| 2025 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| 2026 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 0 |
| 2026 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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Annie get your gun, your man and lift the ceiling off of those rafters. Out of MGM, Annie Get Your Gun is primarily directed by George Sidney and adapted for the screen by Sidney Sheldon from the book written by Dorothy & Herbert Fields. It stars Betty Hutton, Howard Keel, Benay Venuta, Louis Cal ... hern & J. Carrol Naish. Music is by Irving Berlin and photography is by Charles Rosher. It is a Technicolor production. It's loosely based on the life of sharpshooting Annie Oakley and this film production comes after the immense success of the stage play that began its run in 1946. Plot sees Hutton as Annie Oakley, a simple backwoods kinda girl, who after beating famed sharpshooter Frank Butler (Keel) in a contest, goes on to be world famous. But with fame comes tribulations, not least is that she has a thing for Frank. Ebullient and colorful musical that asks you to leave history at the door and just enjoy the ride. The film famously had a troubled production, Judy Garland (Annie) had to leave due to ill health, Frank Morgan (Buffalo Bill) passed away and George Sidney was the third director to work on the film after Busby Berkeley and Charles Walters had left the lot. Even after the new cast and team reconvened there was bad feeling on set, with most of it aimed towards Hutton purely because she had replaced Garland. Post the film's major success, a dispute between MGM and Irving Berlin meant the film was pulled from circulation in 1973 and wasn't seen again till 2000. Thankfully since then a whole new era of musical fans can now enjoy, along with the older supporters, this marvellous piece of entertainment. With show stopping tunes like "Doin' What Comes Natur'lly", "You Can't Get a Man With a Gun", "There's No Business Like Show Business" and "Anything you Can Do" bursting out from the screen like rays of sunshine, it's film to light up the darkest of days when you're feeling blue. Oh and for the record, Hutton is an absolute delight, attacking the lead role with a zest that belies the bad time she was getting off camera. Great comic timing, too. 8/10