A Lady Takes a Chance 1943

IT'S SCREWY...And So Funny! IT'S RIOTOUS...And Romantic!

5.7 / 10   17 vote(s)
NR
Comedy Romance

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

Release Date 1943-08-19
Runtime 1h 26m
Directors William A. Seiter, Frank Redman
Producer Frank Ross
Writers Jo Swerling, Robert Ardrey

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.

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