Annie Get Your Gun (1950)
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Judy Garland was originally slated to star in MGM's film version of Irving Berlin's Annie Get Your Gun, but she was forced to pull out of the production due to illness (recently discovered out-takes reveal a gaunt, dazed Garland, obviously incapable of completing her duties). She was… More Judy Garland was originally slated to star in MGM's film version of Irving Berlin's Annie Get Your Gun, but she was forced to pull out of the production due to illness (recently discovered out-takes reveal a gaunt, dazed Garland, obviously incapable of completing her duties). She was replaced by Betty Hutton who, once she overcame the resentment of her co-workers, turned in an excellent performance--perhaps the best of her career. Hutton is of course cast as legendary sharpshooter Annie Oakley, who ascends from dirty-faced backwoods gamin to the uppermost rungs of international stardom. Her mentor is Buffalo Bill, played by Louis Calhern (like Hutton, Calhern was a last-minute replacement: the original Buffalo Bill, Frank Morgan, died before production began). Annie's great rival is arrogant marksman Frank Butler (Howard Keel) with whom she eventually falls in love. She goes so far as to lose an important shooting match to prove her affection--a scene that hardly strikes a blow for feminism, but this is, after all, a 1950 film. Of the stellar supporting cast, J. Carroll Naish stands out as Sitting Bull, whose shrewd business acumen is good for several laughs. Virtually all the Irving Berlin tunes were retained from the Broadway version, including "Doin' What Comes Naturally", "You Can't Get a Man with a Gun", "Anything You Can Do", "The Girl That I Marry", "My Defenses are Down", "They Say It's Wonderful" and the rousing "There's No Business Like Show Business", which was later tantalizingly excerpted in MGM's pastiche feature That's Entertainment II. Alas, due to a complicated legal tangle involving the estates of Irving Berlin and librettists Herbert Fields and Dorothy Fields, Annie Get Your Gun hasn't been shown on television in years. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Directed By
- George Sidney II
- Written By
- Sidney Sheldon
- Genres
- Western, Musical & Performing Arts, Classics
Unrated,
- In Theaters
- Jan 1, 1950 Wide
- Studio
- MGM
Critic Reviews
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Elliott Stein, Village Voice
Stalwart baritone Howard Keel makes an impressive Hollywood debut as Hutton's leading man.
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Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews
A loud and gaudy production of a hit play turned into a hit movie.
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Emanuel Levy, EmanuelLevy.Com
In this fun musical, Betty Hutton gives perhaps an overenergetic peformance in a part that was intended for Judy Garland before she was fired.
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Scott G. Mignola, Common Sense Media
A rootin' tootin' good time.
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Steve Crum, Video-Reviewmaster.com
Colorful, tuneful, brassy musical version of Berlin's hit Broadway show.
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Cast
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Betty Hutton
as Annie Oakley
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Howard Keel
as Frank Butler
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Louis Calhern
as Buffalo Bill
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J. Carrol Naish
as Chief Sitting Bull
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Edward Arnold
as Pawnee Bill
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Keenan Wynn
as Charlie Davenport
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Benay Venuta
as Dolly Tate
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Clinton Sundberg
as Foster Wilson
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Evelyn Beresford
as Queen Victoria
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Eleanora Brown
as Minnie
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Sue Casey
as Cowgirl
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André Charlot
as President Loubet of France
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Diane Dick
as Nellie
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John War Eagle
as Indian brave
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Budd Fine
as Immigration officer
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Elizabeth Flournoy
as Helen
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Lee Tung Foo
as Waiter
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John Hamilton
as Ship captain
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James H. Harrison
as Mac
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Judy Landon
as Cowgirl
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Nolan Leary
as Immigration officer
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Meredith Leeds
as Cowgirl
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Edith Mills
as Squaw
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Brad Mora
as Little Jake
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John Mylong
as Kaiser Wilhelm II
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Susan Odin
as Jessie
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Nino Pipitone
as King Victor Emmanuel of Italy
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Carl Sepulveda
as Cowboy
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Marjorie Wood
as Constance
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Chief Yowlachie
as Little Horse
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Michael Dugan
as Cowboy
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William Tannen
as Barker
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Dorinda Clifton
as Cowgirl
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Carol Henry
as Cowboy
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Charles Regan
as Barker
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Al Rhein
as Barker
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Warren MacGregor
as Cowboy
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Charles Mauu
as Indian brave
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Tony Taylor
as Little boy
