The Cowboy and the Lady Poster

The Cowboy and the Lady (1938)

NR 11/17/1938 Comedy, Romance, Western 1h 31m
61%
User
Score
6.5/10

MERLE ropes Gary! GARY brands Merle!

Overview

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.

H. C. Potter

Director

S. N. Behrman

Screenplay

Sonya Levien

Screenplay

Top Billed Cast

Gary Cooper

Gary Cooper

Stretch Willoughby

Merle Oberon

Merle Oberon

Mary Smith

Patsy Kelly

Patsy Kelly

Katie Callahan

Walter Brennan

Walter Brennan

Sugar

Fuzzy Knight

Fuzzy Knight

Buzz

Mabel Todd

Mabel Todd

Elly

Henry Kolker

Henry Kolker

Horace Smith

Harry Davenport

Harry Davenport

Uncle Hannibal Smith

Emma Dunn

Emma Dunn

Ma Hawkins

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Media

The Cowboy And The Lady Trailer 1938 | Gary Cooper

The Cowboy And The Lady Trailer 1938 | Gary Cooper

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf

Written on June 20, 2022

To be honest, there isn't much substance to this little story. Merle Oberon is "Mary Smith" who lives her life treading on eggshells lest she affect the political reputation of her father. When she manages to convince a couple of her maids to go out on a blind date, they encounter some cowboys in for the rodeo - "Stretch Willoughby" (Gary Cooper) amongst them. They fall in love, elope and now she must juggle the double lives with her new husband and her father. The two stars are clearly having a bit of fun, and they work well together - aided by a few timely scenes with Water Brennan "Sugar" but at 90 minutes the plot wears too thin, pretty quickly and it all rather runs out of steam....

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