Riding High (1943)
1h 28m
Running Time
November 11, 1943Release Date
Riding High (1943)
1h 28m
Running Time
November 11, 1943Release Date
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Plot.
No relation to the 1950 Frank Capra film of the same name, the 1943 Technicolor musical Riding High is a by-the-numbers vehicle for Dorothy Lamour and Dick Powell. Lamour stars as Ann Castle, a former burlesque queen who heads westward to claim her father's silver mine. Powell plays mining engineer Steve Baird, who like Ann has a vested interest in the worked-out mine. With the help of genial counterfeiter Mortimer J. Slocum (Victor Moore), Steve and Ann are able to peddle mining stock, thus saving her from bankruptcy. The stockholders are in a lynching mood when it appears that they've been flim-flammed, but a last minute "miracle" saves the day. Featured in the cast are Paramount stalwarts Cass Daley and Gil Lamb, the former doing her quasi-Martha Raye act and the latter swallowing his harmonica for the millionth time. Production values are excellent and the songs are exuberantly performed; it's only in its hackneyed plot that Riding High slows to a clip-clop.
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Cast & Crew.

Dorothy Lamour
Ann Castle

Dick Powell
Steve Baird

Victor Moore
Mortimer J. Slocum

Gil Lamb
Bob 'Foggy' Day

Cass Daley
Tess Connors

Bill Goodwin
Chuck Steuart

Rod Cameron
Sam Welch

Glenn Langan
Jack Holbrook

Roscoe Karns
Shorty

Douglas Fowley
Brown

Milt Britton
Milt Britton

Stanley Andrews
Reynolds

James Burke
Pete

James Flavin
Train Conductor

Tim Ryan
Jones

Russell Simpson
Frenchy McGuire

George Marshall
Director

James Montgomery
Writer

Art Arthur
Writer

Walter DeLeon
Writer

Buddy G. DeSylva
Executive Producer

LeRoy Stone
Editor

Stephen Seymour
Set Decoration

Charles Bradshaw
Original Music Composer
Media.

Details.
Release DateNovember 11, 1943
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 28m
Content RatingNR
Genres
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Wiki.
Riding High (also known as Melody Inn) is a 1943 American comedy film starring Dorothy Lamour, Dick Powell and Victor Moore, made in Technicolor, and released by Paramount Pictures. It was nominated for the Academy Award for Sound Recording (Loren L. Ryder).
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