Comedy ·Romance ·Western · United States of America · 1942 · 1h 18m

Lady in a Jam

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Director
Gregory La Cava
Cast
Irene Dunne as Jane Palmer Patric Knowles as Doctor Enright Ralph Bellamy as Stanley Eugene Pallette as Billingsley Samuel S. Hinds as Doctor Brewster Queenie Vassar as Cactus Kate
Crew
Hal Mohr — Director of Photography Russell F. Schoengarth — Editor Frank Skinner — Original Music Composer Eugene Thackrey — Screenplay Francis M. Cockrell — Screenplay Otho Lovering — Screenplay
Synopsis

A psychiatrist's patient, a nutty heiress, travels west to find gold in her grandfather's abandoned mine. The psychiatrist, unable to talk her out of it, decides to follow her out there.

Mood & Themes
chauffeurgold rushgold minemoneypsychiatristdesertheiressmadcap comedyscrewball comedybankruptcygrandmothercross country trip
Key Collaborators
Gregory La Cava Director Hal Mohr Director of Photography Russell F. Schoengarth Editor Frank Skinner Original Music Composer Eugene Thackrey Screenplay Francis M. Cockrell Screenplay Otho Lovering Screenplay Gregory La Cava Producer Bernard Newman Costume Design
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