Buck Benny Rides Again (1940)

User Rating:

7.3/10   

Director:

Mark Sandrich

Writers:

Edmund Beloin (writer)
William Morrow (writer)

Release Date:

31 May 1940 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Musical | Western

Tagline:

"Imagine that tenderfoot on a horse! If Benny ever gets on a jackass, you wouldn't know who's riding who!" Fred Allen's Voice.

Plot:

Jack Benny (as himself) tries to make good his fictitious boasts about roughing it in Nevada, in a spoof of Western cliches.

Plot Keywords:

Dude Ranch | Actor Shares First Name With Character | Character Name In Title

Cast

Jack Benny	...	Jack Benny
Ellen Drew	...	Joan Cameron
Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson	...	Rochester Van Jones
Andy Devine	...	Andy Devine
Phil Harris	...	Phil Harris
Dennis Day	...	Dennis Day
Virginia Dale	...	Virginia Cameron
Lillian Cornell	...	Peggy Cameron
Theresa Harris	...	Josephine Templeton
Kay Linaker	...	Brenda Tracy
Ward Bond	...	Outlaw #1
Morris Ankrum	...	Outlaw #2 (as Morri Ankrum)
Charles Lane	...	Charlie Graham
James Burke	...	Angry Taxi driver
Merriel Abbott Dancers	...	Themselves

Runtime:

82 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Mirrophonic Recording)

Certification:

Sweden:Btl | USA:Approved

Filming Locations:

Paramount Ranch - 2813 Cornell Road, Agoura, California, USA

Company:

Paramount Pictures

Trivia:

One of over 700 Paramount Productions, filmed between 1929 and 1949, which were sold to MCA/Universal in 1958 for television distribution, and have been owned and controlled by Universal ever since.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Don Wilson: And now ladies and gentlemen, we bring you that rugged hero of the great outdoors, that strong silent sphynx of the prairie, that man among men where men are men... Jack Benny in Buck Benny Rides Again!

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Bugs Bunny Rides Again (1948)

Soundtrack:

MY KIND OF COUNTRY

Buck Benny- warm & funny

This movie has the neatest 'look' to it. It's the visual equivalent to a warm bath. Silly and corny and all those other terms that add up to non-threatening, trouble-forgetting fun. Ellen 'the Body' Drew plays the hard to get singer in a sisters vocal group, also comprised of the cute and whimsical Virginia Dale and Lillian Cornell, who seems almost invisible, so little does she shine. The song, 'Say It' melts me every time i hear it, and it's in the film twice. Jack is an understated scream. When the girls tell him they're staying at a western-theme hotel, Jack, in his best western tone replies, "That's a little too 'delooxe' for me." His shiny, studded cowboy suits are overly done, a la Liberace! Phil Harris is great in his 'Well all Riiiight' hipsterspeak way, and Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson handles a great deal of the dialog. Great for a 'nothing-to-do' night, but don't think it ever came out on VHS. I taped it. If you get the chance, see it!