The Groom Wore Spurs (1951)

Lawyer Ginger Rogers is hired to keep dumb cowboy Jack Carson out of trouble.

Director:

Richard Whorf

Writers:

Robert Libott (screenplay), Frank Burt (screenplay),

Stars:

Ginger Rogers, Jack Carson, Joan Davis

Cast

Complete credited cast:
Ginger Rogers	...	'A.J.' Furnival
Jack Carson	...	Ben Castle
Joan Davis	...	Alice Dean
Stanley Ridges	...	Harry Kallen
John Litel	...	Uncle George
James Brown	...	Steve Hall
Victor Sen Yung	...	Ignacio
Mira McKinney	...	Mrs. Forbes
Gordon Nelson	...	Ricky
George Meader	...	Bellboy at the Lariat
Kemp Niver	...	Killer
Robert Williams	...	Jake Harris (as Robert B. Williams)

Storyline

Actor Ben Castle is a phony singing cowboy who can not ride, sing, or act, and is afraid of guns and horses and the first one out the door when trouble breaks out. His studio hires attorney Abigail Furnival, to get him out of trouble with a big-time gambler because he can not pay off a gambling debt. And the next thing she knows is that she has married him. The gambler decides to write off the debt when he learns that Abigail is the daughter of an old friend. But the gambler is murdered, and Ben appears to be involved.

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Plot Keywords:

gambler | debt | gambling | attorney | singing cowboy | 

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Genres:

Comedy

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Certificate:

Approved

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

7 September 1951 (Finland)

Also Known As:

Kerskailija kannuksissa

Filming Locations:

Motion Picture Center Studios, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Fidelity Pictures Corporation

Technical Specs

Runtime:

80 min

Sound Mix:

Mono (RCA Sound System)

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Filmed in mid-1950, but not released until 1951.

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Soundtracks

"No More Wandrin' Around"
Music by Emil Newman
Lyrics by Leon Pober

User Reviews

Okay Ginger

I am writing this only because there are no IMDb user comments at January 2008.

*

I got this and A Shriek In The Night 1933 because they are Ginger Rogers, no other reason.

Shriek has several detailed comments from people who know that era and they tend to rate it as okay entertainment as well as a useful example of the final days of one particular low budget production company. Also, a glimpse of Ginger before her RKO roles with Fred.

The only problem, for me, with Shriek is the sound quality. It gets in the way.

*

Groom as a bit more mature, and also with okay sound and vision. Still only 4x3 black and white, but it is still a carrier for Ginger.

This IMDb page does have a need for some reasonably well informed user comments.