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63% Critic Match
The Cowboy and the Lady
“MERLE ropes Gary! GARY brands Merle!”
6.3 / 10• 1938• 1h 31m•NR• English
ComedyRomanceWestern
Storyline
Mary Smith decides after a lifetime of being a shut-in to do something wild while her father is out campaigning for the presidency, so she takes off for the family's home in West Palm Beach and inadvertently becomes romantically entangled with earnest cowboy Stretch Willoughby. Neither the dalliance nor the cowboy fit with the upper class image projected by her esteemed father, forcing her to choose.
Cast & Crew
Gary Cooper
Stretch Willoughby
Lead
Merle Oberon
Mary Smith
Patsy Kelly
Katie Callahan
Walter Brennan
Sugar
Fuzzy Knight
Buzz
Mabel Todd
Elly
Henry Kolker
Horace Smith
Harry Davenport
Uncle Hannibal Smith
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. H. C. Potter's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. The Cowboy and the Lady is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
