The Woman of the Town (1944)
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Originally, producer Harry Sherman's Woman of the Town was slated for Paramount release, but that studio was overloaded with product, so the film was deferred to United Artists. Nonetheless, the finished product has the "look" of a Paramount, right down to the presence of character… More Originally, producer Harry Sherman's Woman of the Town was slated for Paramount release, but that studio was overloaded with product, so the film was deferred to United Artists. Nonetheless, the finished product has the "look" of a Paramount, right down to the presence of character actor Albert Dekker in a leading role. Dekker plays Bat Masterson, who after failing to secure a job as a newspaper reporter becomes marshal of Dodge City. Preferring socializing to peacekeeping, Masterson falls in love with Dora Hand (Claire Trevor), the obligatory golden-hearted chorus girl whose concern for the welfare of her fellow citizens at time reaches Madonna-like dimensions. When Dora is shot down cattle baron King Kennedy (Barry Sullivan), Masterson begins taking his job seriously. After taking care of Kennedy, Masterson determines to enshrine the memory of Dora, whose efforts to clean up Dodge City were largely ignored by the "decent" townsfolk. Our favorite bit in Woman of the Town has the frontier newspaper editor advising an aspiring girl reporter (Beryl Wallace) to stick to her gossip column-whereupon we're informed that the lady is Louella Parsons! ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Directed By
- George Archainbaud
- Written By
- Aeneas MacKenzie
- Genres
- Western, Action & Adventure, Classics
Unrated,
- On DVD
- Feb 28, 1991
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Cast
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Clem Bevans
as Buffalo Burns
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George Cleveland
as Judge Blackburn
- Joseph Crehan
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Wade Crosby
as Crockett
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Albert Dekker
as "Bat" Masterson
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Charley Foy
as Eddy Foy
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Dorothy Granger
as Belle
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Eula Guy
as Mrs. Brown
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Porter Hall
as Dog Kelley
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Russell Hicks
as The Publisher
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Arthur Hohl
as Robert Wright
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Henry Hull
as Inky Wilkinson
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Percy Kilbride
as Rev. Samuel Small
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Tom London
as Cowboy
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Marion Martin
as Daisy Davenport
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Frances Morris
as Mrs. Logan
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Garry Owen
as Dealer
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Herbert Rawlinson
as Doc Sears
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Dewey Robinson
as Waddy Kerns
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Russell Simpson
as Sime
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Glenn Strange
as Walker
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Barry Sullivan
as King Sullivan
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Hal Taliaferro
as Wagner
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Claire Trevor
as Dora Hand
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Wally Wales
as Wagner
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Beryl Wallace
as Louella Parsons
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Claire Whitney
as Mrs. Wright
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Teddi Sherman
as Fanny Garretson
