Ride 'Em Cowboy
They'd make a horse LAUGH!
1942 | 86m | English
Popularity: 1 (history)
| Director: | Arthur Lubin |
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| Writer: | True Eames Boardman, Edmund L. Hartmann, Harold Shumate, John Grant |
| Staring: |
| Two peanut vendors at a rodeo show get in trouble with their boss and hide out on a railroad train heading west. They get jobs as cowboys on a dude ranch, despite the fact that neither of them knows anything about cowboys, horses, or anything else. | |
| Release Date: | Feb 13, 1942 |
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| Director: | Arthur Lubin |
| Writer: | True Eames Boardman, Edmund L. Hartmann, Harold Shumate, John Grant |
| Genres: | Comedy, Western |
| Keywords | rodeo, chase, musical, singing, cowboy, singing cowboy, bronco buster |
| Production Companies | Universal Pictures |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Aug 03, 2024 Entered: Apr 25, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Bud Abbott | Duke |
| Lou Costello | Willoughby |
| Dick Foran | Bronco Bob Mitchell |
| Anne Gwynne | Anne Shaw |
| Johnny Mack Brown | Alabam' Brewster |
| Judd McMichael | Tom |
| Ted McMichael | Harry |
| Joe McMichael | Dick |
| Mary Lou Cook | Dotty Davis |
| Ella Fitzgerald | Ruby |
| Samuel S. Hinds | Sam Shaw |
| Douglass Dumbrille | Jake Rainwater |
| Morris Ankrum | Ace Anderson |
| Bob Baker | Ranch Cowhand Driving Bus (uncredited) |
| Hank Bell | Napping Cowpoke with Rake (uncredited) |
| Brooks Benedict | Rodeo Spectator (uncredited) |
| Wade Boteler | Rodeo Manager (uncredited) |
| Linda Brent | Sunbeam (uncredited) |
| Carmella Cansino | Indian Girl #1 (uncredited) |
| Iron Eyes Cody | Indian (uncredited) |
| Dean Collins | Dancer (uncredited) |
| Harry Cording | Poker Player (uncredited) |
| Maurice Costello | Rodeo Spectator with Martin Manning (uncredited) |
| Dorothy Dandridge | Dancer (uncredited) |
| Harold Daniels | Reporter (uncredited) |
| Boyd Davis | Doctor (uncredited) |
| Curley Dresden | Rodeo Spectator (uncredited) |
| Tex Driscoll | Dancer (uncredited) |
| Eddie Dunn | Railroad Detective #1 (uncredited) |
| James Flavin | Railroad Detective #2 (uncredited) |
| Sam Garrett | Rider / Roper (uncredited) |
| Jody Gilbert | Moonbeam (uncredited) |
| Eddie Hall | Cowhand Sitting on Train (uncredited) |
| Tom Hanlon | Rodeo Announcer #2 (uncredited) |
| Russell Hicks | Rodeo Announcer #1 (uncredited) |
| Joseph La Cava | Poker Player (uncredited) |
| Charles Lane | Martin Manning (uncredited) |
| Richard Lane | Pete Conway (uncredited) |
| Kathryn Marlowe | Dancer (uncredited) |
| Jewel McGowan | Dancer (uncredited) |
| Ivan Miller | Doctor at Rodeo (uncredited) |
| Harry Monty | Midget in Pool (uncredited) |
| Edmund Mortimer | Bus Passenger (uncredited) |
| Tex Palmer | Rodeo Spectator (uncredited) |
| Edward Peil Sr. | Minor Role (uncredited) |
| Ralph Peters | Henchman #1 (uncredited) |
| Isabel Randolph | Rodeo Spectator (uncredited) |
| Sherman Sanders | Square-Dance Caller (uncredited) |
| Jeffrey Sayre | Rodeo Spectator (uncredited) |
| James Seay | Jack - Ranger Captain (uncredited) |
| Harry Strang | Ranger (uncredited) |
| Lee Sunrise | Indian Girl #2 (uncredited) |
| Arthur Tovey | Dancer (uncredited) |
| Chief Yowlachie | Chief Tomahawk (uncredited) |
| Al Thompson | Napping Station Agent (uncredited) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Arthur Lubin | Director |
| True Eames Boardman | Screenplay |
| Frank Skinner | Original Music Composer |
| Edmund L. Hartmann | Story |
| Harold Shumate | Adaptation |
| John Grant | Screenplay |
| Gil Valle | Assistant Director |
| Philip Cahn | Editor |
| Jack Otterson | Art Direction |
| Russell A. Gausman | Set Decoration |
| Vera West | Costume Design |
| Pat Costello | Stunt Double |
| Ted Cain | Music Supervisor |
| Charles Previn | Music, Music Director |
| Ralph Freed | Music |
| Hans J. Salter | Music |
| Paul Van Loan | Music |
| Sam Perry | Music |
| Helen Thurston | Stunts |
| John W. Boyle | Director of Photography |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Alex Gottlieb | Associate Producer |
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Popularity History
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| 2024 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 2 |
| 2024 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 4 |
| 2024 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 2 |
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| 2024 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 1 |
| 2025 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 2 |
| 2025 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
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| 2025 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Trending Position
The boys own Way Out West? Well obviously not close to that brilliant offering from Stan & Ollie, but this is a nice genre attempt from Bud & Lou. The guys here are peanut vendors at a rodeo show, after accidentally burning their boss's foot they hide away on a train heading west. They end up ... at the Lazy S ranch and get work despite the fact that they clearly have no idea what they are letting themselves into. That's as much as you need to know really, there is the usual mix up of songs, love interest, and pure mania that goes with the decent films from the boys considerably large CV. A running plot strand of the guys on the run from Indian's because Lou has accidentally got engaged to a squaw, makes for some great and humorous scenes, but the stand out sequence takes place at a swimming pool, wonderfully funny part of the film. The film isn't really one to win new fans to the comedic talent of the pair because the running time could be too long for some with this brand of humour, but for those already converted, the film sits nicely up at the top with the best of their work. A-ticket, a-tasket, a green and yellow basket! 7/10