Comedy ·Romance ·Western · United States of America · 1938 · 1h 31m

The Cowboy and the Lady

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Director
H. C. Potter
Cast
Gary Cooper as Stretch Willoughby Merle Oberon as Mary Smith Patsy Kelly as Katie Callahan Walter Brennan as Sugar Fuzzy Knight as Buzz Mabel Todd as Elly
Crew
Gregg Toland — Director of Photography Sherman Todd — Editor Alfred Newman — Original Music Composer Sonya Levien — Screenplay S. N. Behrman — Screenplay Samuel Goldwyn — Producer
Tagline

MERLE ropes Gary! GARY brands Merle!

Synopsis

Mary Smith decides after a lifetime of being a shut-in to do something wild while her father is out campaigning for the presidency, so she takes off for the family's home in West Palm Beach and inadvertently becomes romantically entangled with earnest cowboy Stretch Willoughby. Neither the dalliance nor the cowboy fit with the upper class image projected by her esteemed father, forcing her to choose.

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Mood & Themes
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Key Collaborators
H. C. Potter Director Gregg Toland Director of Photography Sherman Todd Editor Alfred Newman Original Music Composer Sonya Levien Screenplay S. N. Behrman Screenplay Samuel Goldwyn Producer Omar Kiam Costume Design
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