Music ·Western · United States of America · 1937 · 1h 44m

High, Wide and Handsome

High, Wide and Handsome poster
Director
Rouben Mamoulian
Cast
Irene Dunne as Sally Watterson Randolph Scott as Peter Cortlandt Dorothy Lamour as Molly Fuller Elizabeth Patterson as Grandma Cortlandt Raymond Walburn as Doc Watterson Charles Bickford as Red Scanlon
Crew
Theodor Sparkuhl — Director of Photography Victor Milner — Director of Photography Archie Marshek — Editor Robert Russell Bennett — Original Music Composer George O'Neil — Writer Oscar Hammerstein II — Writer
Tagline

SINGING ADVENTURE!

Synopsis

The setting is a small town in 1870s Pennsylvania. Sally Waterson and her father have stopped in town with their traveling medicine show, but when their wagon catches fire, they find themselves stranded. They're taken in by Mrs. Cortlandt and her grandson, Peter, who is trying to set up a pipeline that will supply oil throughout the state. Sally and Peter soon fall in love and marry. Neither their marriage nor Peter's pipe dreams flow too smoothly.

Trailer High, Wide and Handsome — Official Trailer
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Mood & Themes
small townpennsylvania, usamusical
Key Collaborators
Rouben Mamoulian Director Theodor Sparkuhl Director of Photography Victor Milner Director of Photography Archie Marshek Editor Robert Russell Bennett Original Music Composer George O'Neil Writer Oscar Hammerstein II Writer Arthur Hornblow Jr. Producer Travis Banton Costume Design
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