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A Lady Takes a Chance

A Lady Takes a Chance

  • Status: Released
  • 19-08-1943
  • Runtime: 86 min
  • Score: 5.7
  • Vote count: 18

A city girl on a bus tour of the West encounters a handsome rodeo cowboy who helps her forget her city suitors.

Jean Arthur

Molly J. Truesdale

John Wayne

Duke Hudkins

Phil Silvers

Smiley Lambert

Charles Winninger

Waco

Mary Field

Florrie Bendix

Don Costello

Drunk

John Philliber

Storekeeper

Grady Sutton

Malcolm Scott

Jean Stevens

'Jitterbug' (as Peggy Carroll)

Grant Withers

Bob Hastings

Hans Conried

Gregg Stone

Ariel Heath

Flossie

Sugar Geise

Linda Belle

Joan Blair

Lilly

Tom Fadden

Mullen

Eddy Waller

Bus Station Attendant (as Ed Waller)

Nina Quartero

Carmencita

Alex Melesh

Bartender #1

Cy Kendall

Gambling House Boss

Paul Scott

Bartender #2

Charles D. Brown

Dr. G.W. Humboldt

Billy Lenhart

Butch

Kenneth Brown

Buddy

Polly Bailey

Beggar Woman

Bobby Barber

Gambler

Benny Bartlett

Henry

Hank Bell

Mustached Gold City Cowboy

Joseph E. Bernard

Gambler

Eddie Borden

Poker Player

Rudy Bowman

Barfly

Roy Bucko

Barfly

Fred Burns

Team Driver

Lane Chandler

Slim

Robert Cherry

Hot Dog Vendor

J.W. Cody

Indian Bellhop

Monte Collins

Poker Player

Armand Cortes

Al

Victor Cox

Barfly

Jack Daley

Gambler

Roy Darmour

Gambler

George DeNormand

Truck Driver

Eddie Dew

Cowboy

Bert Dillard

Cowboy

Herbert Evans

Butler

George Ford

Wealthy Young Man

Bud Geary

Gambler

Jack Gordon

Barfly

Fred Graham

Saloon Brawler

Dorothy Granger

Hot Dog Girl

Ralf Harolde

Croupier

Warren Jackson

Gambler

Ray Jones

Saloon Brawler

Donald Kerr

Gambler

Mike Lally

Gambler

Frank McCarroll

Barfly

Robert McKenzie

Poker Player

Dorcas McKim

Mother

Charles Meakin

Bus Passenger

Frank Melton

Otto

Kansas Moehring

Barfly

Patsy Moran

Counter Girl

Horace Murphy

Poker Player

Jack O'Shea

Gambler

Artie Ortego

Saloon Brawler

Ronald R. Rondell

Henchman

Syd Saylor

Poker Player

Harry Semels

Greek

Allen D. Sewall

Barfly

Mysty Shot

Sammy - Horse

Clarence Straight

Henry

Chalky Williams

Reporter

Hank Worden

Waiter

CinemaSerf

A more unlikely couple you will struggle to see as Jean Arthur and John Wayne pair up in this rather fun comedy romance with spurs. Mollie is on a grand bus tour of the US until a stop in Oregon where she gets floored (literally) by a freshly bucked, handsome rodeo performer (Wayne) and off we go. This is a light-hearted outing for The Duke - soft lighting and a sensitive score help create quite a sophisticated environment for their - at times quite feisty - amour to develop. Never the most convincing of dialogues, and probably more remarkable for what it isn't than what it is, it is still quite an engaging little whimsy.