Honky Tonk (1941)
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46% want to see it
(13 ratings)
The marvelous rapport between stars Clark Gable and Lana Turner makes MGM's Honky Tonk seem far more substatianal than it really is. About to be tarred and featherd by an angry mob, frontier con artists Candy Johnson (Gable) and his pal Sniper (Chill Wills) manage to make a quick getaway via… More The marvelous rapport between stars Clark Gable and Lana Turner makes MGM's Honky Tonk seem far more substatianal than it really is. About to be tarred and featherd by an angry mob, frontier con artists Candy Johnson (Gable) and his pal Sniper (Chill Wills) manage to make a quick getaway via train. While on board, Candy strikes up a friendship with Boston-bred Lucy Cotton (Turner), whose "respectable" daddy Judge Cotton (Frank Morgan) turns out to be as big of a sharpster as Candy. For Lucy's sake, Candy decides to use his huckstering skill to good use by helping to build a small-town church, but soon he's up to his old tricks, managing a dance hall and gambling emporium. Growing more ambitious by the minute, Candy intends to take over the whole town with the covert assistance of Judge Cotton. But when Candy marries Lucy (who still doesn't know that he's really a crook at heart!), the enraged Judge exposes Candy's takeover scheme, only to be shot down by the gambling hall's straw boss Hearn (Albert Dekker). In his efforts to set things right and atone for past misdeeds, Candy is separated from Lucy time and time again, but there's never any doubt that a happy ending awaits them both. A TV remake of Honky Tonk surfaced in 1974, with Richard Crenna in the Gable role. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Directed By
- Jack Conway
- Written By
- Marguerite Roberts, John Sanford
- Genres
- Western, Drama
Unrated,
- Studio
- Unknown
Critic Reviews
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Emanuel Levy, EmanuelLevy.Com
Though prepsoterously plotted, this vivid and colorful Western allows Clark Gable to show his macho charm and Lana Turner her sex appeal.
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Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews
Way too sudsy for a Western.
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Cast
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Clark Gable
as Candy Johnson
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Lana Turner
as Elizabeth Cotton
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Frank Morgan
as Judge Cotton
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Claire Trevor
as Gold Dust Nelson
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Albert Dekker
as Brazos Hearn
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Marjorie Main
as Rev. Mrs. Varner
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Chill Wills
as The Sniper
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Henry O'Neill
as Daniel Wells
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Veda Ann Borg
as Pearl
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Douglas Wood
as Gov. Wilson
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Betty Blythe
as Mrs. Wilson
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Harry Worth
as Harry Gates
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Erville Alderson
as Man with Rail
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Demetrius Alexis
as Tug
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Hooper Atchley
as Sen. Ford
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Don Barclay
as Man with Gun
- Jack Baxley
- Arthur Belasco
- Al Bridge
- Ralph Bushman
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Jack Carr
as Brazos' Henchman
- Edward Cassidy
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Tom Chatterton
as Citizen
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Charles "Heinie" Conklin
as Dental Patient
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Sheila Darcy
as Louise
- Joe Devlin
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John Farrell
as Man with Feathers
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Dorothy Granger
as Saloon Girl
- Eddie Gribbon
- Earl Gunn
- William Haade
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Lew Harvey
as Blackie
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Russell Hicks
as Dr. Otis
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Al Hill
as Miner
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Fay Holderness
as Bricklayer
- Lew Kelly
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Cy Kendall
as Man with Tar
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Art Miles
as Dealer
- Howard Mitchell
- Monte Montague
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Philip Morris
as Man on Train
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Esther Muir
as Prostitute
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Horace Murphy
as Butler
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Paul Newlan
as Gentleman
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Anne O'Neal
as Nurse
- Ted Oliver
- Ralph Peters
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Lee Phelps
as Men in Meeting House
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Henry Roquemore
as Butcher
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Dick Rush
as Dentist
- Sid Saylor
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Harry Semels
as Pallbearer
- John Sheehan
- Carl Stockdale
- Charles Sullivan
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Elliott Sullivan
as Candy's Man
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Ray Teal
as Poker Player
- Malcolm Waite
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Morgan Wallace
as Adams
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Eddy Waller
as Train Conductor
- Will Wright
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John Maxwell
as Kendall
- Frank Mills
- Bill Telaak
- Jack C. Smith
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Ed Brady
as Waiter
- Charles McAvoy
- William Pagan
