Buck Benny Rides Again

Buck Benny Rides Again

SPRING'S NO. 1 LAUGH HIT...THE BEST OF THE BENNY'S!

1940 · 82 min · ★ 5.0 · Comedy, Western

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.

Directed by Mark Sandrich · Written by William Morrow

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Jack Benny Jack Benny
Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson Rochester
Phil Harris Phil Harris
Andy Devine Andy Devine
Ellen Drew Joan Cameron
Dennis Day Dennis
Virginia Dale Virginia
Ward Bond First Outlaw
Lillian Cornell Peggy
Theresa Harris Josephine
Kay Linaker Brenda Tracy
Morris Ankrum Second Outlaw

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