A Lady Takes a Chance (1943)
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49% of users liked it
(1,753 ratings)
Manhattan working girl Jean Arthur bids goodbye to her three erstwhile suitors (Grant Withers, Hans Conried and Grady Sutton) to take a bus tour of the west. En route, she meets handsome rodeo-star John Wayne, whose bucking bronco hurls him directly into her lap. Stranded in a tank town with Wayne… More Manhattan working girl Jean Arthur bids goodbye to her three erstwhile suitors (Grant Withers, Hans Conried and Grady Sutton) to take a bus tour of the west. En route, she meets handsome rodeo-star John Wayne, whose bucking bronco hurls him directly into her lap. Stranded in a tank town with Wayne and his sidekick Charles Winninger, Arthur is introduced to the sort of frontier activities not covered by the tour books: gambling, boozing and brawling. Not surprisingly, Arthur wants to hightail it back to the East, but by now Wayne has fallen in love with her. Lady Takes a Chance was produced for RKO by Jean Arthur's then-husband, Frank Ross. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Directed By
- William A. Seiter, Henry Hathaway
- Written By
- Robert Ardrey, Jo Swerling
- Genres
- Western, Romance, Classics, Comedy
Unrated,
- In Theaters
- Aug 19, 1943 Wide
Critic Reviews
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Steve Crum, Video-Reviewmaster.com
War era comedy is nice turn for John Wayne, co-starring radiant Jean Arthur.
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Emanuel Levy, EmanuelLevy.Com
In this light, minor fare, made before he became a star, Wayne is cast as Duke Hudkins (Duke was his nickname), an easy-going rodeo rider who treasures his indpendence. .
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Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews
A lightweight romantic comedy that's pleasing because of the easygoing relationship between stars Jean Arthur and John Wayne.
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Cast
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Jean Arthur
as Mollie Truesdale
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John Wayne
as Duke Hudkins
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Charles Winninger
as Waco
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Phil Silvers
as Smiley Lambert
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Mary Field
as Florrie Bendix
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Don Costello
as Drunk
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John Philliber
as Storekeeper
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Grady Sutton
as Malcolm
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Grant Withers
as Bob
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Hans Conried
as Gregg
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Peggy Carroll
as Jitterbug
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Ariel Heath
as Flossie
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Sugar Geise
as Linda Belle
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Joan Blair
as Lilly
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Tom Fadden
as Mullen
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Charles D. Brown
as Dr. Humbolt
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Cy Kendall
as Gambling House Boss
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Alex Melesh
as Bartender
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Jean Stevens
as Jitterbug
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Eddy Waller
as Bus station attendant
- Butch and Buddy
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Paul Scott
as 2nd Bartender
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Nena Quartaro
as Carmencita
