Annie Get Your Gun (1957) (TV)

User Rating:

8.4/10   

Director:

Vincent J. Donehue

Release Date:

28 October 1957 (USA)

Genre:

Musical | Western

Plot Keywords:

Annie Oakley | Broadway Musical | Sharpshooter | Based On Musical | Character Name In Title

Awards:

Nominated for Primetime Emmy.

Cast

Mary Martin	...	Annie Oakley
John Raitt	...	Frank Butler
William O'Neal	...	Buffalo Bill Cody
Reta Shaw	...	Dolly Tate
Donald Burr	...	Charles Davenport
Norman Edwards	...	Tommy Keller
Susan Luckey	...	Winnie Tate
Zachary Charles	...	Sitting Bull
Robert Nash	...	Pawnee Bill
Stuart Hodes	...	Wild Horse
Jan Skidmore	...	Nellie Oakley
Patricia Morrow	...	Jessie Oakley
Shelley Windsor	...	Little Girl
Luke Halpin	...	Little Jake
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Robert Banas	...	Indian dancer

Runtime:

106 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Company:

National Broadcasting Company (NBC)

Trivia:

This was the most popular single musical special of the season for NBC. It raked in a total of 60 million viewers. The show had a two-hour average Trendex rating of 35.1 and a 57.4 percent share of the total TV audience.

Movie Connections:

Version of Annie Get Your Gun (1967) (TV)

Marvelous tv version of touring company with Martin/Raitt

Mary Martin and John Raitt took ANNIE on tour and then brought it to live television in 1957. Although pared of the juvenile subplot and a lot of the dialogue this 90 minute presentation is jam-packed with songs from the original show. Mary Martin is SUPERB as Annie - a great creation to stand beside those of Merman and Hutton. She "acts" Annie as well as sings her. Raitt is excellent dramatically and vocally as Frank.