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5.2/10   150 votes
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Director:
Writers:
Kay Swift (novel)
Lou Breslow (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:
19 August 1950 (USA) more
Genre:
Tagline:
How wild can the West be?
Plot:
Kay Kingsley, a sophisticated and successful songwriter in New York City. falls in love with a widowed rancher... more | add synopsis
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That inappropriate title says it all...a complete waste of time... more (6 total)

Cast

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Irene Dunne ... Kay Kingsley Heyward

Fred MacMurray ... Chris Heyward
William Demarest ... Mears
Andy Devine ... Orvie
Gigi Perreau ... Christina 'Tina' Hayward

Natalie Wood ... Nancy 'Nan' Heyward
Philip Ober ... Jed
Jack Kirkwood ... Pap Dude
Ann Doran ... Jean Morrow
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Come Share My Love (USA) (working title)
Never a Dull Moment! (USA) (promotional title)
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Runtime:
89 min
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Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (RCA Sound System)
Certification:
USA:Passed (National Board of Review) | Finland:S | USA:Approved | Sweden:Btl

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Won the Harvard Lampoon's "Dullest Movie" Award. more

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9 out of 15 people found the following comment useful.
That inappropriate title says it all...a complete waste of time..., 19 May 2006
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Author: Neil Doyle from U.S.A.

IRENE DUNNE, for some strange reason, is called "Buckshot" by her cowboy husband FRED MacMURRAY. That alone is supposed to be funny and endearing. Not.

Too bad that after the smash success of films like LIFE WITH FATHER, Irene Dunne was so desperate for good parts that she agreed to settle for a film like this--tedious, predictable, banal sort of comedy that struggles manfully to be funny by putting her through some slapstick paces that are about as funny as a stubbed toe.

Occasionally there's a lull in the proceedings that gives Dunne and MacMurray a chance to remind us that they're still the same old likable stars. But then the script takes over again and forces them to play a series of unlikely scenes.

For good measure, they have two obnoxious girls (played by a plain looking Natalie Wood who clearly did have an awkward stage, and Gigi Perreau). They add nothing to the charm or situations which strain for laughs. One of the comedic highlights is supposedly when Dunne shoots a neighbor's pet bull. You get my drift.

You can skip this one. Even the presence of two top-flight stars can't save it from being the most inappropriately titled comedy of the decade.

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