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A Lady Takes a Chance

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A city girl on a bus tour of the West encounters a handsome rodeo cowboy who helps her forget her city suitors.

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Status: Released

Released Date: 1943-08-19

Runtime: 86 mins

Director: William A. Seiter

Spoken language: English

Genres: Comedy, Romance

Original title: A Lady Takes a Chance

Production Companies: Frank Ross Productions, RKO Radio Pictures

Production Countries: United States of America

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Geronimo1967
A more unlikely couple you will struggle to see as Jean Arthur and John Wayne pair up in this rather fun comedy romance with spurs. Mollie is on a grand bus tour of the US until a stop in Oregon where she gets floored (literally) by a freshly bucked, handsome rodeo performer (Wayne) and off we go. This is a light-hearted outing for The Duke - soft lighting and a sensitive score help create quite a sophisticated environment for their - at times quite feisty - amour to develop. Never the most convincing of dialogues, and probably more remarkable for what it isn't than what it is, it is still quite an engaging little whimsy.
2022-06-26

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