An aging cowboy finds to his embarrassment that the successful business he has inherited from his brother is actually a house of prostitution.
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Title: The Cheyenne Social Club (1970)
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| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| James Stewart | ... | John O'Hanlan | |
| Henry Fonda | ... | Harley Sullivan | |
| Shirley Jones | ... | Jenny | |
| Sue Ane Langdon | ... | Opal Ann | |
| Elaine Devry | ... | Pauline | |
| Robert Middleton | ... | Barkeep - Great Plains Saloon | |
| Arch Johnson | ... | Marshal Anderson | |
| Dabbs Greer | ... | Willowby | |
| Jackie Russell | ... | Carrie Virginia | |
| Jackie Joseph | ... | Annie Jo | |
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Sharon DeBord | ... | Sara Jean (as Sharon De Bord) |
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Richard Collier | ... | Nathan Potter |
| Charles Tyner | ... | Charlie Bannister | |
| Jean Willes | ... | Alice | |
| Robert J. Wilke | ... | Corey Bannister | |
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John is working as a cow poke for very little money with his friend Harley when he gets word his brother, DJ, has left him The Cheyenne Social Club. He and Harley ride for nearly a thousand miles to his inheritance only to find he is now the owner of a first class brothel. Written by John Vogel <jlvogel@comcast.net>
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EnglishRelease Date:
12 June 1970 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Geschossen wird ab Mitternacht See more »Filming Locations:
Bonanza Creek Ranch - 15 Bonanza Creek Lane, Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA See more »Company Credits
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Eaves Movie Ranch,National General Pictures,National General Production Inc. See more »
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Opal Ann: Just what it looks like, Johnny. D.J. always had a glass of warm milk with a raw egg in it before he went to bed. He claimed it kept his strength up, and it helped his complexion. It wasn't his complexion I cared about.
[laughs]
Opal Ann: Well, if I can do anything else for you, I'm just down the hall. Third door on the right.
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Music and Lyrics by Walter Scharf, Al Kasha and Joel Hirschhorn
Performed by Henry Fonda (uncredited)
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As John and Harley walk through town talking, shadows of the camera and crew are visible. See more »Quotes
John O'Hanlan: What's this?Opal Ann: Just what it looks like, Johnny. D.J. always had a glass of warm milk with a raw egg in it before he went to bed. He claimed it kept his strength up, and it helped his complexion. It wasn't his complexion I cared about.
[laughs]
Opal Ann: Well, if I can do anything else for you, I'm just down the hall. Third door on the right.
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Rolling StoneMusic and Lyrics by Walter Scharf, Al Kasha and Joel Hirschhorn
Performed by Henry Fonda (uncredited)
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Cowboy James Stewart gets a letter that's followed him through many jobs for almost two years. It seems as though his prosperous brother from Cheyenne died and left him a going business, something called The Cheyenne Social Club. So Stewart quits his job in Texas and rides to Cheyenne to claim his inheritance and saddle pal Henry Fonda goes along for the ride.
The Cheyenne Social Club rises and falls on the chemistry between its two stars and this one rises like the lightest of angel food cake. The two movie icons and best friends from Princeton days are so perfectly cast it's a shame they didn't make a sequel and have some further adventures.
No doubt also these two helped director Gene Kelly over the rough patches in a movie genre he really wasn't familiar with. Kelly was wise enough to cast the film with a whole lot of players familiar with the western genre. And he was wise enough to give all these people their head and they don't let him down.
It turns out that The Cheyenne Social Club is a bordello under the temporary management of Shirley Jones. It's quite an institution in Cheyenne, but it doesn't quite seem right for Stewart, something a working cowboy can enjoy, but not live off. Of course his friend Fonda seems to have settled down quite nicely there.
Fonda's part could have been the great grandfather of the character he played in The Rounders. Apparently whatever suits Stewart just tickles Fonda plumb to death.
Best moment in the film is when Jimmy Stewart gets the best of bad guy Robert J. Wilke in a gunfight after he beats up Shirley Jones. Of course it's with the help of Fonda and a noisy pecan. Has to be seen to be appreciated.
This was James Stewart's last starring western and a great one to go out on as well.