Ride 'Em Cowboy

Ride 'Em Cowboy

13/2/1942 1h 26m 5.9/10

Overview

Two peanut vendors at a rodeo show get in trouble with their boss and hide out on a railroad train heading west. They get jobs as cowboys on a dude ranch, despite the fact that neither of them knows anything about cowboys, horses, or anything else.

Director

Arthur Lubin

Top Billed Cast

Lou Costello

Lou Costello

Willoughby

Dick Foran

Dick Foran

Bronco Bob Mitchell

Bud Abbott

Bud Abbott

Duke

Anne Gwynne

Anne Gwynne

Anne Shaw

Johnny Mack Brown

Johnny Mack Brown

Alabam' Brewster

Judd McMichael

Tom

Reviews

John Chard

6/24/2017

7/10

The boys own Way Out West? Well obviously not close to that brilliant offering from Stan & Ollie, but this is a nice genre attempt from Bud & Lou. The guys here are peanut vendors at a rodeo show, after accidentally burning their boss's foot they hide away on a train heading west. They end up at the Lazy S ranch and get work despite the fact that they clearly have no idea what they are letting themselves into. That's as much as you need to know really, there is the usual mix up of songs, love interest, and pure mania that goes with the decent films from the boys considerably large CV. A running plot strand of the guys on the run from Indian's because Lou has accidentally got engaged to a squaw, makes for some great and humorous scenes, but the stand out sequence takes place at a swimming pool, wonderfully funny part of the film. The film isn't really one to win new fans to the comedic talent of the pair because the running time could be too long for some with this brand of humour, but for those already converted, the film sits nicely up at the top with the best of their work. A-ticket, a-tasket, a green and yellow basket! 7/10

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