High, Wide and Handsome (1937)
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High, Wide and Handsome almost defies classification: Perhaps it's best referred to as a historical musical western comedy melodrama. Irene Dunne plays an itinerant circus performer who marries oilman Randolph Scott. The couple heads to Titusville, Pennsylvania in 1859, where Scott is among the… More High, Wide and Handsome almost defies classification: Perhaps it's best referred to as a historical musical western comedy melodrama. Irene Dunne plays an itinerant circus performer who marries oilman Randolph Scott. The couple heads to Titusville, Pennsylvania in 1859, where Scott is among the lucky prospectors who strikes oil. With no train service to the refineries, the townsfolk are obliged to build a pipeline, which is accomplished to the accompaniment of several rousing musical numbers by Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein. The villainous element is represented by Alan Hale, who does his best to block the project to serve his own evil ends. Dunne's old circus friends come to the rescue with a herd of trained elephants! High Wide and Handsome confused too many filmgoers to make money in 1937; today it's regarded in some circles as a classic. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Directed By
- Rouben Mamoulian
- Genres
- Western, Musical & Performing Arts
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Cast
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Irene Dunne
as Sally Watterson
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Randolph Scott
as Peter Cortlandt
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Dorothy Lamour
as Molly Fuller
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Elizabeth Patterson
as Grandma Cortlandt
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Raymond Walburn
as Doc Watterson
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Charles Bickford
as Red Scanlon
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Akim Tamiroff
as Joe Varese
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Ben Blue
as Zeke
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William Frawley
as Mac
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Alan Hale
as Walt Brennan
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Irving Pichel
as Mr. Stark
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Stanley Andrews
as Lem Moulton
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James Burke
as Stackpole
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Roger Imhof
as Pop Bowers
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Lucien Littlefield
as Mr. Lippincott
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Purnell Pratt
as Colonel Blake
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Edward Gargan
as Foreman
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Constance Bergen
as Singer
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Billy Bletcher
as Shorty
- Monte Blue
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Tommy Bupp
as Boy
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Marjorie Cameron
as Blonde singer
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Jack Clifford
as Wash Miller
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Sherry Hall
as Piano player
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Dell Henderson
as Bank president
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Edward Keane
as Jones
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Lew Kelly
as Carpenter
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Paul Kruger
as Man
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Helen Lowell
as Mrs. Lippincott
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John Marshall
as Teller
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Claire McDowell
as Seamstress
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Ivan Miller
as Marble
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Philip Morris
as Teamster
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John T. Murray
as Mr. Green
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Rolfe Sedan
as Photographer
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Harry Semels
as Bartender
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John Maurice Sullivan
as Old Gentleman
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Frank Sully
as Gabby Johnson
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Fred Warren
as Piano player
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Pat West
as Razorback
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Ernest Wood
as Hotel clerk
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Russell Hopton
as John Thompson Civil Engineer
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Raymond Brown
as P.t. Barnum