The Road to Reno

• Director: S. Sylvan Simon
• AMG Rating:
• Genre: Western
• Main Cast: Randolph Scott, Hope Hampton, Glenda Farrell, Helen Broderick, Alan Marshal
• Release Year: 1938
• Country: US
• Run Time: 72 minutes

Plot

In this lively musical western, a cowboy's wife heads for Reno for a quickie divorce. Meanwhile her husband finds himself in competition with a suave Easterner who has fallen in love with her. The cowboy is dismayed and embarrassed when the city-slicker easily out rides him during a bronc-riding exhibition. Fortunately, for the red-faced cowboy, his wife comes back and happiness ensues. Songs include: a snippet from "La Boheme", "I Gave My Heart Away", "Ridin' Home" and "Tonight Is The Night" (Jimmy McHugh, Harold Adamson). ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide

Cast

• Randolph Scott - Steve Fortness
• Hope Hampton - Linda Halliday
• Glenda Farrell - Sylvia Shane
• Helen Broderick - Aunt Minerva
• Alan Marshal - Walter Crawford

David Oliver - Salty; Ted Osborn - Linda's Attorney; Samuel S. Hinds - Sylvia's Attorney; Spencer Charters - The Judge; Dot Farley - Mrs. Brumleigh; Mira McKinney - Hannah; Renie Riano - Woman Bailiff; Charles Murphy - Mike

Credit

Charles H. Clarke - Art Director, Jack Otterson - Art Director, Vera West - Costume Designer, S. Sylvan Simon - Director, Paul Landres - Editor, Maurice E. Wright - Editor, Charles Previn - Musical Direction/Supervision, Harold Adamson - Songwriter, Jimmy McHugh - Songwriter, George Robinson - Cinematographer, Edmund Grainger - Producer, Roy Chanslor - Screenwriter, Adele Comandini - Screenwriter, Frederick Hugh Herbert - Screenwriter, Charles Kenyon - Screenwriter, Brian Marlow - Screenwriter, I.A.R. Wylie - Book Author