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Annie Get Your Gun
Biggest musical under the sun!
Gunslinger Annie Oakley romances fellow sharpshooter Frank Butler as they travel with Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- Original title
- Annie Get Your Gun
- Language
- EN
- Country
- US
- Budget
- $3,768,785
- Revenue
- $8,000,000
John Chard
Feb 9, 2017 · via TMDB
Annie get your gun, your man and lift the ceiling off of those rafters. Out of MGM, Annie Get Your Gun is primarily directed by George Sidney and adapted for the screen by Sidney Sheldon from the book written by Dorothy & Herbert Fields. It stars Betty Hutton, Howard Keel, Benay Venuta, Louis Calhern & J. Carrol Naish. Music is by Irving Berlin and photography is by Charles Rosher. It is a Technicolor production. It's loosely based on the life of sharpshooting Annie Oakley and this film production comes after the immense success of the stage play that began its run in 1946. Plot sees Hutton as Annie Oakley, a simple backwoods kinda girl, who after beating famed sharpshooter Frank Butler (Keel) in a contest, goes on to be world famous. But with fame comes tribulations, not least is that she has a thing for Frank. Ebullient and colorful musical that asks you to leave history at the door and just enjoy the ride. The film famously had a troubled production, Judy Garland (Annie) had to leave due to ill health, Frank Morgan (Buffalo Bill) passed away and George Sidney was the third director to work on the film after Busby Berkeley and Charles Walters had left the lot. Even after the new cast and team reconvened there was bad feeling on set, with most of it aimed towards Hutton purely because she had replaced Garland. Post the film's major success, a dispute between MGM and Irving Berlin meant the film was pulled from circulation in 1973 and wasn't seen again till 2000. Thankfully since then a whole new era of musical fans can now enjoy, along with the older supporters, this marvellous piece of entertainment. With show stopping tunes like "Doin' What Comes Natur'lly", "You Can't Get a Man With a Gun", "There's No Business Like Show Business" and "Anything you Can Do" bursting out from the screen like rays of sunshine, it's film to light up the darkest of days when you're feeling blue. Oh and for the record, Hutton is an absolute delight, attacking the lead role with a zest that belies the bad time she was getting off camera. Great comic timing, too. 8/10
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Betty Hutton
Annie Oakley
Howard Keel
Frank Butler
Louis Calhern
Col. Buffalo Bill Cody
J. Carrol Naish
Chief Sitting Bull
Edward Arnold
Pawnee Bill
Keenan Wynn
Charlie Davenport
Benay Venuta
Dolly Tate
Clinton Sundberg
Foster Wilson
Dorothy Abbott
Carriage Woman (uncredited)
George Calliga
Ball Guest (uncredited)
Sue Casey
Cowgirl (uncredited)
André Charlot
French President Emile Loubet (uncredited)
Dorinda Clifton
Cowgirl (uncredited)
Mae Clarke
Mrs. Adams (uncredited)
Phil Dunham
Cynical Man (uncredited)
Edward Earle
Footman (uncredited)
Herbert Evans
Dignitary with Queen Victoria (uncredited)
Budd Fine
Immigration Officer (uncredited)
Lee Tung Foo
Chinese Cook on Train (uncredited)
Fred Gilman
Cowboy (uncredited)
William Hall
Tall Cowboy Boarding Boat (uncredited)
John Hamilton
Ship Captain (uncredited)
Dell Henderson
Hotel Guest in Hammock (uncredited)
Carol Henry
Cowboy (uncredited)
Shep Houghton
Party Guest (uncredited)
Judy Landon
Cowgirl (uncredited)
Nolan Leary
Immigration Officer (uncredited)
Charles Mauu
Indian Warrior (uncredited)
Rhea Mitchell
Minor Role (uncredited)
Brad Morrow
Little Jake Oakley (uncredited)
Forbes Murray
Ball Guest (uncredited)
John Mylong
Kaiser Wilhelm II (uncredited)
Buddy Roosevelt
Minor Role (uncredited)
Carl Sklover
Bit Role (uncredited)
Sandra Spence
Carriage Woman (uncredited)
Larry Steers
Ball Guest (uncredited)
William Tannen
Barker (uncredited)
Ellinor Vanderveer
Ball Guest (uncredited)
John War Eagle
Indian Brave (uncredited)
Frank Wilcox
Mr. Clay (uncredited)
Billy Wilkerson
Indian Warrior (uncredited)
Marjorie Wood
Constance (uncredited)
Chief Yowlachie
Little Horse (uncredited)
Cedric Gibbons
Art Direction
Edwin B. Willis
Set Decoration
Charles Rosher
Director of Photography
Helen Rose
Costume Design
Walter Plunkett
Costume Design
Sydney Guilaroff
Hair Designer
A. Arnold Gillespie
Special Effects
George Sidney
Director
Irving Berlin
Original Music Composer
Douglas Shearer
Recording Supervision
Irving Berlin
Lyricist
Sidney Sheldon
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