The read
It runs a compact 1h 27m.
Synopsis
A tough, womanizing high-stakes gambler known only as Tennessee has an uneasy relationship with Duchess, madam of a thinly-disguised bordello, and no other friends at all. But he's saved from murder by a lonesome cowpoke ('My friends call me Cowpoke'), in town to meet his fiancée Goldie on the steamboat. When she arrives, there's a mysterious undercurrent between Goldie and Tennessee, whose newfound friendship with Cowpoke is destined to be severely tried...
Ratings
IMDb6.4/10
23 audience votes
Key crew
- D.D. BeauchampScreenplay
- Teddi ShermanScreenplay
- Allan DwanDirector
- C. Graham BakerScreenplay
- Milton KrimsScreenplay
- Louis ForbesOriginal Music Composer
- Howard JacksonOriginal Music Composer
- William LavaOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- John PayneTennessee
- Ronald ReaganCowpoke
- Rhonda FlemingElizabeth 'Duchess' Farnham
- Coleen GrayGoldie Slater
- Anthony CarusoTurner
- Morris AnkrumJudge Parker
- Leo GordonThe Sheriff
- Chubby JohnsonGrubstake McNiven
- Joe DevlinPrendergast
- Myron HealeyReynolds
- John MansfieldClifford
- Angie DickinsonAbby Dean (uncredited)
Stills
Themes
shootoutgambler