The Second Greatest Sex (1955)

User Rating:

4.8/10   

Director:

George Marshall

Writers:

Aristophanes (play)
Charles Hoffman (writer)

Release Date:

October 1955 (USA)

Genre:

Musical | Western

Tagline:

IT'S FUN! (original print ad - all caps)

Plot:

In 1880, Osawkie, Kansas is feuding with rival town Mandaroon over which will be county seat, keeping the town's men away from home most of the time...

Plot Keywords:

1880s | Lysistrata | 1900s | Beautiful Woman | Sex Strike

Cast

Jeanne Crain	...	Liza McClure
George Nader	...	Matt Davis
Kitty Kallen	...	Katy Connors
Bert Lahr	...	Job McClure
Mamie Van Doren	...	Birdie Snyder
Keith Andes	...	Rev. Maxwell
Kathleen Case	...	Tilda Bean
Paul Gilbert	...	Roscoe Dobbs
Tommy Rall	...	Alf Connors
Edna Skinner	...	Cassie Slater
Jimmy Boyd	...	Newt McClure
Cousin Emmy	...	Cousin Emmy (as Cynthia May Carver)
Ward Ellis	...	Zachery Bean
Mary Marlo	...	Sarah 'Ma' McClure
Sheb Wooley	...	Jones City leader

Runtime:

87 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Finland:K-8 | Sweden:15

Filming Locations:

Backlot, Universal Studios - 100 Universal City Plaza, Universal City, California, USA

Company:

Universal International Pictures (UI)

Movie Connections:

Version of Lysistrate (1982) (TV)

Soundtrack:

THERE'S GONNA BE A WEDDING

Craziest Bad Movie To Love

This is one of the nuttiest musicals ever put on film. I caught it a few years ago early in the morning on AMC. Let's just say it starts out with a big production number of all these women caterwauling about "What good is a woman without a man" and goes down(?)hill from there. With lyrics like "The Lysistrata, the Lysistrata, cuz we gotta gotta gotta get our men back" Oi! Throw in Mamie Van Doren, Bert Lahr and a dream ballet with Tommy Rall, what more could you want? If you can catch it, it's worth the time for the jaw dropping factor alone.