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A Lady Takes a Chance ()

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Facing forty, a NYC spinster on a bus tour of the West encounters a handsome rodeo cowboy who helps her forget her unsuitable city suitors.
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Molly J. Truesdale
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Duke Hudkins
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Waco
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Smiley Lambert
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Florrie Bendix
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Drunk
John Philliber ...
Storekeeper
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Malcolm Scott
Jean Stevens ...
'Jitterbug' (as Peggy Carroll)
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Bob Hastings
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Gregg Stone
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Flossie
Sugar Geise ...
Linda Belle
Joan Blair ...
Lilly
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Mullen
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Bus Station Attendant (as Ed Waller)
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Carmencita
Alex Melesh ...
Bartender #1
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Gambling House Boss
Paul Scott ...
Bartender #2
Charles D. Brown ...
Dr. G.W. Humboldt
Billy Lenhart ...
Butch (as Butch and Buddy)
Kenneth Brown ...
Buddy (as Butch and Buddy)
The Three Peppers ...
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Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Polly Bailey ...
Beggar Woman (uncredited)
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Gambler (uncredited)
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Henry (uncredited)
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Mustached Gold City Cowboy (uncredited)
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Gambler (uncredited)
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Poker Player (uncredited)
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Barfly (uncredited)
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Barfly (uncredited)
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Team Driver (uncredited)
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Slim (uncredited)
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Hot Dog Vendor (uncredited)
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Indian Bellhop (uncredited)
Monte Collins ...
Poker Player (uncredited)
Armand Cortes ...
Al (uncredited)
Victor Cox ...
Barfly (uncredited)
Jack Daley ...
Gambler (uncredited)
Roy Darmour ...
Gambler (uncredited)
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Truck Driver (uncredited)
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Cowboy (uncredited)
Bert Dillard ...
Cowboy (uncredited)
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Butler (uncredited)
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Wealthy Young Man (uncredited)
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Barfly (uncredited)
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Gambler (uncredited)
Jack Gordon ...
Barfly (uncredited)
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Saloon Brawler (uncredited)
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Hot Dog Girl (uncredited)
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Croupier (uncredited)
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Bus Passenger (uncredited)
Warren Jackson ...
Gambler (uncredited)
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Saloon Brawler (uncredited)
Donald Kerr ...
Gambler (uncredited)
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Gambler (uncredited)
Dorcas Matthews ...
Mother (uncredited)
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Barfly (uncredited)
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Poker Player (uncredited)
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Bus Passenger (uncredited)
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Otto (uncredited)
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Barfly (uncredited)
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Counter Girl (uncredited)
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Poker Player (uncredited)
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Gambler (uncredited)
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Saloon Brawler (uncredited)
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Henchman (uncredited)
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Poker Player (uncredited)
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Greek (uncredited)
Allen D. Sewall ...
Barfly (uncredited)
Mysty Shot ...
Sammy - Horse (uncredited)
Clarence Straight ...
Henry (uncredited)
Chalky Williams ...
Reporter (uncredited)
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Waiter (uncredited)

Directed by

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William A. Seiter

Written by

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Robert Ardrey ... (screenplay)
 
Jo Swerling ... (story)
 
Garson Kanin ... (unconfirmed) (uncredited) (unconfirmed)

Produced by

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Frank Ross ... producer
Richard Ross ... associate producer

Music by

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Roy Webb

Cinematography by

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Frank Redman ... director of photography

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Theron Warth

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Albert S. D'Agostino
Alfred Herman

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A. Roland Fields ... (as Al Fields)
Darrell Silvera

Costume Design by

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Edward Stevenson ... (gowns)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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Robert Aldrich ... second assistant director
Dewey Starkey ... assistant director

Sound Department

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Roy Meadows ... recording director
James G. Stewart ... re-recording mixer (as James Stewart)
Terry Kellum ... sound (uncredited)

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Vernon L. Walker ... special effects

Stunts

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George DeNormand ... stunt double (uncredited)
Fred Graham ... stunt double (uncredited)
Allen Pomeroy ... stunt coordinator (uncredited) / stunts (uncredited)

Music Department

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C. Bakaleinikoff ... musical director
Crew believed to be complete

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Plot Summary

In 1938, an unmarried New York City bank clerk facing her 40th birthday ,Mollie Truesdale (Jean Arthur), with a trio of unsuitable suitors, finds that her cherished dream of making a 17-day all-expenses-paid bus trip to the Pacific Coast and back, isn't all she thought it would be...until she reaches Oregon and a bucking broncho tosses a rodeo performer on top of her and knocks her flat. Duke Hudkins (John Wayne), by way of apology, shows her the sights of Fairfield, Oregon, and she misses her bus, quarrels with the bewildered Duke, hitchhikes across a lot of desert...and a romance is born. Written by Les Adams

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Taglines Love and Laughs on the Loose! SHE wants to stretch her one big moment into a lifetime...HE thinks love's a swell one-evening pastime! (Print Ad-Washington Observer, ((Washington, Penna.)) 30 December 1943) See more »
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Also Known As
  • The Cowboy and the Girl (United States)
  • Cheyenne (United States)
  • La Fille et son cow-boy (France)
  • La chica y el vaquero (Spain)
  • Una chica se divierte (Spain)
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  • 86 min
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Trivia Although his character in the film is named Duke Hudkins, John Wayne got his nickname "The Duke" long before. In his early teens living in Glendale, California, Wayne had a dog named Duke. They were so inseparable that family and friends called them Little Duke and Big Duke. For Wayne, who soon entered high school theatrical productions, the name stuck. See more »
Goofs The story takes place in 1938 many years before wash and wear and permapress, yet Jean Arthur's single outfit remains constantly clean and wrinkle free despite her many misadventures, including sleeping all night on the open desert. See more »
Movie Connections Referenced in John Wayne (1961). See more »
Soundtracks Swingin' at the Cotton Club See more »
Quotes Waco: Remember what you told me? "Women is like socks... you gotta change 'em regular."
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