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The Roundup
The Roundup

The Roundup

DON WILSON, Jack Benny's famous announcer...goes over big---but BIG---in his first screen comedy role!

Genres

Western

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Originally written as a stage vehicle for corpulent character actor Macklyn Arbuckle, Ernest Day's The Roundup was first filmed in 1920 with Fatty Arbuckle (no relation) in the lead. By the time the film was remade in 1941, Arbuckle's character, a roly-poly frontier sheriff named Slim (!), was refashioned as a supporting role, with Jack Benny's radio announcer Don Wilson essaying the part. The plot, however, remained fairly intact: Upon hearing that her fiance Greg (Preston Foster) has been killed, Janet (Patricia Morison) agrees to marry rancher Steve (Richard Dix) on the rebound. On the day of the wedding, who should show up but Greg, determined to raise as much Hell as humanly possible

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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Runtime

90 mins

Rating

8/10

Release Date

03 April 1941

Country

United States of America

Cast

Richard Dix

Richard Dix

Steve Payson

Patricia Morison

Patricia Morison

Janet Allen (Payson)

Preston Foster

Preston Foster

Greg Lane

Don Wilson

Don Wilson

Sheriff 'Slim' Hoover

Ruth Donnelly

Ruth Donnelly

Polly Hope

Douglass Dumbrille

Douglass Dumbrille

Capt. Bob Lane

Jerome Cowan

Jerome Cowan

Wade McGee

Betty Brewer

Betty Brewer

Mary, Child Rescued by Greg Lane

Morris Ankrum

Morris Ankrum

'Parenthesis'

Dick Curtis

Dick Curtis

Ed Crandall (as Richard Curtis)

William Haade

William Haade

Frane Battles

Clara Kimball Young

Clara Kimball Young

Mrs. Wilson

Weldon Heyburn

Weldon Heyburn

'Cheyenne'

Lane Chandler

Lane Chandler

Taggert

Lee 'Lasses' White

Lee 'Lasses' White

Sam Snead

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