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The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap

1947 · 78 min

A breezy, gag-filled romp with slapstick chases and small-town scheming that keeps things light and silly throughout.

Tagline
It's 'Ma (EGG AND I) KETTLE' as the wild and willing widow!
Overview
Chester Wooley and Duke Egan are travelling salesmen who make a stopover in Wagon Gap, Montana while enroute to California. During the stopover, a notorious criminal is murdered, and the two are charged with the crime.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • lightstrength 3 of 3
  • absurdstrength 3 of 3
  • campystrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • family
  • deception
  • justice
  • love
  • survival
Places
  • small town
  • countryside
Era
period
Audience
family
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror0
Humour8
Realism4
Romance3
Tension3
Darkness2
Complexity3
Emotional weight2

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Details

Genres
comedy, western
Directed by
Charles Barton
Written by
John Grant, Frederic I. Rinaldo, Robert Lees
Starring
Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Marjorie Main, Audrey Young, George Cleveland, Gordon Jones, William Ching, Peter M. Thompson
Music
Walter Schumann
Cinematography
Charles Van Enger
Runtime
78 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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