• Rating:
• Genre: Comedy
• Movie Type: Comedy Western
• Themes: Nothing Goes Right, Mistaken Identities
• Director: John Farrow
• Main Cast: Gene Autry, Roy Rogers, Jay Silverheels, Bob Hope, Rhonda Fleming, Wendell Corey, Jim Davis, Gloria Talbott
• Release Year: 1959
• Country: US
• Run Time: 92 minutes

Plot

Bob Hope plays a 19th-century insurance agent whose miserable sales record prompts his boss to send him out West, where he can (supposedly) do little harm. Hope manages to sell a $100,000 life insurance policy--to outlaw Jesse James (Wendell Corey), one of the worst "risks" in history! In his efforts to get the policy back, Hope finds himself being mistaken for Jesse, which is all part of the outlaw's plan to get Hope killed and thereby collect the policy money himself. But with the help of beauteous Rhonda Fleming (the essentially honest beneficiary to Jesse's policy), Hope gains a reputation as a lightning-fast gunslinger. In the inevitable shoot-out with the James gang, Hope is helped out by several famous Westerners, including Gary Cooper, Roy Rogers, Gene Autry, James "Maverick" Garner, and even Tonto (Jay Silverheels). ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Cast

• Bob Hope - Milford Farnsworth
• Rhonda Fleming - The Duchess
• Wendell Corey - Jesse James
• Jim Davis - Frank James
• Gloria Talbott - Indian Maiden
• Gene Autry - Himself
• Roy Rogers - Himself
• Jay Silverheels - Tonto

Will Wright - Titus Queasley; Mary Young - Ma James; Richard Alexander - Jeremiah Cole; James Arness - Matt Dillon; Oliver Blake - Undertaker; Ward Bond - Maj. Seth Adams; James Burke - Charlie, Bartender; Iron Eyes Cody - Bit part; Gary Cooper - Himself; Bing Crosby - Himself; Gail Davis - Annie Oakley; Mickey Finn - Tough; James Garner - Bret Maverick; J. Anthony Hughes - Dirty Dog Saloonkeeper; I. Stanford Jolley - Conductor; Ethan Laidlaw - Henchman; Jack Lambert - Snake Brice; Lyle Latell - Conductor; Mike Mazurki - Tough; Sid Melton - Fight Fan; Hugh O'Brian - Wyatt Earp; Nestor Paiva - Bixby; Fess Parker - Davy Crockett; Emory Parnell - Sheriff; George E. Stone - Gibson Girl Fan; Glenn Strange - Henchman; Harry Tyler - Elmo, the Station Master; Joseph Vitale - Sam Hiawatha; Mike Ross - Killer

Credit

Bob Hope - Executive Producer; Roland Anderson - Art Director; Jack Bachom - Editor; Daniel D. Beauchamp - Screenwriter; William Bowers - Screenwriter; Marvin J. Coil - Editor; Sam Comer - Set Designer; John Farrow - Director; John P. Fulton - Special Effects; Bertram Granger - Set Designer; Edith Head - Costume Designer; Jack Hope - Producer; Bert Lawrence - Short Story Author; Joseph Lilley - Musical Direction/Supervision; Lionel Lindon - Cinematographer; Norman Z. McLeod - Director; Hal Pereira - Art Director; Daniel McCauley - First Assistant Director; Robert St. Aubrey - Short Story Author; Charles Grenzbach - Sound/Sound Designer

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The Paleface; The Shakiest Gun in the West; Son of Paleface; Out West

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