Film Snail

5.8

Ride 'Em Cowboy

NR·1942·86m

Comedy

Western

Comedy

Western

Summary

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.

Cast

Bud Abbott

Duke

Lou Costello

Willoughby

Dick Foran

Bronco Bob Mitchell

Anne Gwynne

Anne Shaw

Johnny Mack Brown

Alabam' Brewster

Judd McMichael

Tom

Ted McMichael

Harry

Joe McMichael

Dick

Mary Lou Cook

Dotty Davis

Ella Fitzgerald

Ruby

Samuel S. Hinds

Sam Shaw

Douglass Dumbrille

Jake Rainwater

Morris Ankrum

Ace Anderson

Bob Baker

Ranch Cowhand Driving Bus (uncredited)

Hank Bell

Napping Cowpoke with Rake (uncredited)

Brooks Benedict

Rodeo Spectator (uncredited)

Wade Boteler

Rodeo Manager (uncredited)

Linda Brent

Sunbeam (uncredited)

Carmella Cansino

Indian Girl #1 (uncredited)

Iron Eyes Cody

Indian (uncredited)

Dean Collins

Dancer (uncredited)

Harry Cording

Poker Player (uncredited)

Maurice Costello

Rodeo Spectator with Martin Manning (uncredited)

Dorothy Dandridge

Dancer (uncredited)

Harold Daniels

Reporter (uncredited)

Boyd Davis

Doctor (uncredited)

Curley Dresden

Rodeo Spectator (uncredited)

Tex Driscoll

Dancer (uncredited)

Eddie Dunn

Railroad Detective #1 (uncredited)

James Flavin

Railroad Detective #2 (uncredited)

Sam Garrett

Rider / Roper (uncredited)

Jody Gilbert

Moonbeam (uncredited)

Eddie Hall

Cowhand Sitting on Train (uncredited)

Tom Hanlon

Rodeo Announcer #2 (uncredited)

Russell Hicks

Rodeo Announcer #1 (uncredited)

Joseph La Cava

Poker Player (uncredited)

Charles Lane

Martin Manning (uncredited)

Richard Lane

Pete Conway (uncredited)

Kathryn Marlowe

Dancer (uncredited)

Jewel McGowan

Dancer (uncredited)

Ivan Miller

Doctor at Rodeo (uncredited)

Harry Monty

Midget in Pool (uncredited)

Edmund Mortimer

Bus Passenger (uncredited)

Tex Palmer

Rodeo Spectator (uncredited)

Edward Peil Sr.

Minor Role (uncredited)

Ralph Peters

Henchman #1 (uncredited)

Isabel Randolph

Rodeo Spectator (uncredited)

Sherman Sanders

Square-Dance Caller (uncredited)

Jeffrey Sayre

Rodeo Spectator (uncredited)

James Seay

Jack - Ranger Captain (uncredited)

Harry Strang

Ranger (uncredited)

Lee Sunrise

Indian Girl #2 (uncredited)

Arthur Tovey

Dancer (uncredited)

Chief Yowlachie

Chief Tomahawk (uncredited)

Al Thompson

Napping Station Agent (uncredited)

Crew

Director

Arthur Lubin

Adaptation

Harold Shumate

Screenplay

John Grant

Screenplay

True Eames Boardman

Story

Edmund L. Hartmann

Reviews

John Chard

June 24, 2017

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