The Roundup (1941)
Originally written as a stage vehicle for corpulent character actor Macklyn Arbuckle, Ernest Day's The Roundup was first filmed in 1920 with Fatty Arbuckle (no relation) in the lead. By the time the film was remade in 1941, Arbuckle's character, a roly-poly frontier sheriff named Slim (!), was refashioned as a supporting role, with Jack Benny's radio announcer Don Wilson essaying the part. The plot, however, remained fairly intact: Upon hearing that her fiance Greg (Preston Foster) has been killed, Janet (Patricia Morison) agrees to marry rancher Steve (Richard Dix) on the rebound. On the day of the wedding, who should show up but Greg, determined to raise as much Hell as humanly possible
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Writing:
Stars:
- Lesley Selander
Writing:
- Harold Shumate
- Edmund Day
Stars:
Release Date: 1941-04-03
8.0/10
8.0/10
- Country: US
- Language: English
- Runtime: 90
Taggert
Wade McGee
'Parenthesis'
Capt. Bob Lane
Mrs. Wilson
Steve Payson
Janet Allen (Payson)
Greg Lane
Sheriff 'Slim' Hoover
Polly Hope
Mary, Child Rescued by Greg Lane
Ed Crandall (as Richard Curtis)
Frane Battles
'Cheyenne'
Sam Snead
Sam Snead
