Cowboy Blues
AN ACTION MUSICAL with THE PLAINSMEN and CAROLINA COTTON!
NR 1946 · 62 min · ★ 10.0 · Western
Starring Ken Curtis and the hayseed singing group the Hoosier Hot Shots, this musical Western is really Lady for a Day with a switch in gender. Rotund Guy Kibbee is Dusty Nelson, the handyman at the Bar B dude ranch, whose daughter Susan is arriving with her socialite fiancee, Jerome Winston. Susan believes her father owns the ranch, and to spare Dusty any embarrassment, the Hot Shots, ranch manager Curt Durant and sidekick Big Boy Stover agree to continue the deception.
Directed by Ray Nazarro · Written by J. Benton Cheney
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Ken Curtis Curt Durant -
Jeff Donnell Susan Nelson -
Guy Kibbee Dusty Nelson -
Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams Big Boy Stover -
Isabel Randolph Mrs. Winston (as Mrs. Uppington) -
Mark Roberts Jerry Winston (as Robert Scott) -
Peg La Centra Lucy Armstrong (as Peg LaCentra) -
Carolina Cotton Carolina Cotton
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