Pardners
You'll Ride With 'Em! Shoot With 'Em! Laugh With 'Em! In The Biggest Bestest Funniest Most Musical Western Yet!
1956 | 88m | English
Popularity: 0.5 (history)
| Director: | Norman Taurog |
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| Writer: | Mervin J. Houser, Sidney Sheldon |
| Staring: |
| Rich momma's boy Wade Kingsley Jr. an Eastern dude, tries to follow in his murdered father's footsteps by returning to the West to partner up with Slim Moseley Jr.,the son of his father's former partner. Wade overcomes Slim's initial reluctance to accept him by using his fortune to buy a prize cow and new car to help Slim in his job as foreman on the Kingsley family ranch, currently under siege by a gang of outlaws called "masked raiders." Wade generously tries to pay off the ranch's mortgage with $15,000 of his own money, but unfortunately neither "pardner" realizes that respected banker Dan Hollis, the son of their fathers' murderer, is the leader of the gang. | |
| Release Date: | Aug 01, 1956 |
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| Director: | Norman Taurog |
| Writer: | Mervin J. Houser, Sidney Sheldon |
| Genres: | Comedy, Western |
| Keywords | technicolor, prize cow |
| Production Companies | Paramount Pictures |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Feb 01, 2025 Entered: Apr 13, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Dean Martin | Slim Mosely Jr. / Slim Mosely Sr. |
| Jerry Lewis | Wade Kingsley Jr. / Wade Kingsley Sr. |
| Lori Nelson | Carol Kingsley |
| Jeff Morrow | Pete Rio |
| Lon Chaney Jr. | Whitey |
| Lee Van Cleef | Gus |
| Jack Elam | Pete |
| John Baragrey | Dan Hollis / Sam Hollis |
| Agnes Moorehead | Mrs. Matilda Kingsley |
| Milton Frome | Hawkins, the Butler |
| Richard Aherne | Chauffeur |
| Scott Douglas | Salvin |
| Jackie Loughery | Dolly Riley |
| Bob Steele | Shorty |
| Mickey Finn | Red |
| Douglas Spencer | Smith |
| Philip Tonge | Mr. Baxter, Footman |
| Dorothy Abbott | Dance Hall Girl (uncredited) |
| Valerie Allen | Dance Hall Girl (uncredited) |
| Ann McCrea | Dance Hall Girl (uncredited) |
| Elaine Riley | Dance Hall Girl (uncredited) |
| Dorothy Ford | Amanda Wentworth (uncredited) |
| William Forrest | Hocker (uncredited) |
| Frances Mercer | Sally (uncredited) |
| Johnstone White | Businessman (uncredited) |
| Emory Parnell | Col. Hart (uncredited) |
| Murray Pollack | Bank Customer (uncredited) |
| James Parnell | Bank Teller (uncredited) |
| Mary Newton | Laura (uncredited) |
| James Gonzalez | Rodeo Judge (uncredited) |
| Art Felix | Rodeo Cowboy (uncredited) |
| Noble 'Kid' Chissell | Rodeo Spectator (uncredited) |
| Stanley Blystone | Townsman (uncredited) |
| James Dime | Townsman (uncredited) |
| George Huggins | Townsman (uncredited) |
| Ethan Laidlaw | Townsman (uncredited) |
| Jack Tornek | Townsman (uncredited) |
| Leslie Sketchley | Townsman (uncredited) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Frank De Vol | Music |
| Jerry Davis | Screenstory |
| Clem Jones | Second Assistant Director |
| Roland Anderson | Art Direction |
| Archie Marshek | Editor |
| Ray Moyer | Set Decoration |
| Gene Garvin | Sound Recordist |
| W. Wallace Kelley | Second Unit Director of Photography |
| John P. Fulton | Special Effects |
| Mervin J. Houser | Story |
| Gene Merritt | Sound Recordist |
| Hal Pereira | Art Direction |
| Nick Castle | Choreographer |
| Norman Taurog | Director |
| Sidney Sheldon | Screenplay |
| Daniel L. Fapp | Director of Photography |
| Sam Comer | Set Decoration |
| Michael D. Moore | Assistant Director |
| Edith Head | Costume Design |
| Wally Westmore | Makeup Supervisor |
| Sammy Cahn | Songs |
| Jimmy Van Heusen | Songs |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Paul Jones | Producer |
| Organization | Category | Person |
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Popularity History
| Year | Month | Avg | Max | Min |
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| 2024 | 4 | 12 | 20 | 4 |
| 2024 | 5 | 11 | 19 | 7 |
| 2024 | 6 | 11 | 32 | 4 |
| 2024 | 7 | 10 | 18 | 6 |
| 2024 | 8 | 9 | 16 | 5 |
| 2024 | 9 | 7 | 15 | 4 |
| 2024 | 10 | 12 | 32 | 3 |
| 2024 | 11 | 7 | 20 | 3 |
| 2024 | 12 | 6 | 10 | 3 |
| 2025 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 4 |
| 2025 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 |
| 2025 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 1 |
| 2025 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| 2025 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| 2025 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 2025 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| 2025 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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Almost a buckskin beauty. Pardners is the 15th of the 16 feature length pictures that Dean Martin & Jerry Lewis made together. It'a a reworking of the 1936 Bing Crosby film, Rhythm On The Range, which just like this remake was directed by Norman Taurog. Plot sees the comedy duo playing sons of on ... e time wild west partners. Brought together by accident 25 years later, the boys head out west and get into all sorts of scrapes; with Jerry even becoming sheriff! It was inevitable that Martin & Lewis would end up out west playing cowboys since all the comedy duos do it. The timing here was perfect since the 50s was the most prolific decade for the genre. On the list of their collaborations Pardners probably sits some where in the middle, it's a safe mix of songs and buffoonery, with pretty girls represented by Jackie Loughery & Lori Nelson. It's a VistaVision/Technicolor production and songs featured are "Me 'n You 'n the Moon," "The Wind! The Wind!" "Buckskin Beauty" and "Pardners," (music by Jimmy Van Heusen, lyrics by Sammy Cahn). Safe & colourful comedy fare for fans of the successful duo. 7/10