Granny Get Your Gun (1940)

Cast

Complete credited cast:
	May Robson	...	Minerva Hildegarde Hatton
	Harry Davenport	...	Nathaniel 'Nate' Paulson
	Margot Stevenson	...	Julie Westcott
	Hardie Albright	...	Phillip 'Phil' Westcott
	Clem Bevans	...	Smokey
	Clay Clement	...	Riff Daggett, alias of Frank Trasker
	William B. Davidson	...	District Attorney Fitzgerald (as William Davidson)
	Arthur Aylesworth	...	Sheriff Henry Quinn
	Granville Bates	...	Tom Redding, Banker
	Ann E. Todd	...	Charlotte Westcott (as Ann Todd)
	Vera Lewis	...	Aunt Carrie Ellis
	Max Hoffman Jr.	...	Frayne, Daggett's Henchman
	Archie Twitchell	...	Joe, Minerva's Servant
	Walter Wilson	...	Judge Stephen Z. 'Steve' McGillicutty
	Nat Carr	...	Mr. Wadsworth, Motel Manager

Storyline

Minerva Hatton is back in Nevada, where she grubstaked her fortune years ago. Her granddaughter Julie Westcott is visiting while getting a divorce. They are blackmailed by Julie's husband, Philip, who has two gambling checks Julie has given a gambling casino. Minerva, trying to buy them back, comes across Philip's murdered body. Believing Julie guilty, she substitutes her fingerprints and pleads guilty. When she learns that Julie is innocent of the killing, she does an about face, appearing in court as a sweet old lady instead of her usual rugged desert outfits, to play on the jury's sympathy. Freed, she still must find the killer to clear Julie, to whom the evidence points. After a little detectice work, she is convinced of the identity of the killer. She has herself sworn in as a temporary sheriff, jumps into her Model-T Ford and uses her marksmanship to nab the killer. Written by Les Adams <longhorn1939@suddenlink.net>  

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