Buck Benny Rides Again (1940)
1h 22m
Running Time
May 31, 1940Release Date
Buck Benny Rides Again (1940)
1h 22m
Running Time
May 31, 1940Release Date
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Plot.
Radio star Jack Benny, intending to stay in New York for the summer, is forced by the needling of rival Fred Allen to prove his boasts about roughing it on his (fictitious) Nevada ranch. Meanwhile, singer Joan Cameron, whom Jack's fallen for and offended, is maneuvered by her sisters to the same Nevada town. Jack's losing battle to prove his manhood to Joan means broad slapstick burlesque of Western cliches.
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Cast & Crew.
Jack Benny
Jack Benny
Ellen Drew
Joan Cameron
Phil Harris
Phil Harris
Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson
Rochester Van Jones
Andy Devine
Andy Devine
Dennis Day
Dennis
Mark Sandrich
Director
Virginia Dale
Virginia
William Morrow
Writer
William Morrow
Writer
Ward Bond
First Outlaw
Edmund Beloin
Writer
Lillian Cornell
Peggy
Zion Myers
Writer
Theresa Harris
Josephine
Arthur Stringer
Writer
Kay Linaker
Brenda Tracy
Everett Freeman
Writer
Morris Ankrum
Second Outlaw
Charles Lane
Charlie Graham
James Burke
Taxi Driver
Don Wilson
Don Wilson
Fred Allen
Fred Allen (voice)
Mary Livingstone
Mary Livingstone (voice)
Eddie Acuff
Truck Driver
Harry Baldwin
Bald Messenger
George Barrows
Dancer
Billy Bletcher
Last Porter
George Bruggeman
Dancer
Bruce Cameron
Dancer
Eddy Chandler
Cowhand #1
Sonny Chorre
Indian
Monte Collins
Bellboy
Dorothy Dayton
Minor Role
Jean De Briac
Waiter
Jerome de Nuccio
Dancer
Edgar Dearing
Police Officer
Sayre Dearing
Man at Audition
Paula DeCardo
Minor Role
Martin Faust
Cowhand
Willie Fung
Chinese Cook
Edward Gargan
Policeman
Flash Gordon
Dancer
Roger Gray
Ranch Foreman
George Guhl
Porter #5
Sol Haines
Dancer
George Hickman
Page Boy
Leyland Hodgson
Waiter
Portland Hoffa
Portland Hoffa (voice)
Arthur Stuart Hull
Sponsor
Sam Karbin
Dancer
Harvey Karels
Dancer
John Laing
Room Clerk
Bud Lawler
Dancer
George Melford
Bartender
James Notaro
Dancer
William H. O'Brien
Waiter
Dick Rich
Cowhand #2
Ed Rifkin
Dancer
Buddy Roosevelt
Engineer
Charles Schaeffer
Dancer
Charles Teske
Dancer
Three Martels & Mignon
Adagio Act
Martha Tilton
Joan Cameron (singing voice)
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Buck Benny Rides Again is a 1940 American Western comedy film from Paramount Pictures starring Jack Benny and Ellen Drew. The film featured regulars from Benny's radio show including Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson, Andy Devine, Phil Harris, and Dennis Day. It also included a debut film appearance for radio star Lillian Cornell. The film was directed and produced by Mark Sandrich and produced by Joseph L. Mankiewicz.