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1940 American film

Granny Get Your Gun

Directed by	George Amy
Screenplay by	Kenneth Gamet
Produced by	Bryan Foy
Starring	May Robson Harry Davenport Margot Stevenson Hardie Albright Clem Bevans Clay Clement
Cinematography	L. William O'Connell
Edited by	Jack Killifer
Music by	Howard Jackson
Production company	Warner Bros.
Distributed by	Warner Bros.
Release date	February 10, 1940 (1940-02-10)
Running time	56 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$98,000
Box office	$256,000

Granny Get Your Gun is a 1940 American comedy western film directed by George Amy and written by Kenneth Gamet. The film stars May Robson, Harry Davenport, Margot Stevenson, Hardie Albright, Clem Bevans and Clay Clement. It is based primarily on supporting characters found in the 1937 Perry Mason novel The Case of the Dangerous Dowager. The film was released by Warner Bros. on February 10, 1940.

Plot

Leonard Maltin: "Cute comic mystery... Robson is a hoot as a rough-riding Nevadan who straps on her six-shooters and turns sleuth to clear her granddaughter of a trumped-up murder charge."

Cast

May Robson as Minerva Hildegarde Hatton
Harry Davenport as Nathaniel 'Nate' Paulson
Margot Stevenson as Julie Westcott
Hardie Albright as Phillip 'Phil' Westcott
Clem Bevans as Smokey
Clay Clement as Riff Daggett
William B. Davidson as Fitzgerald
Arthur Aylesworth as Sheriff Quinn
Granville Bates as Tom Redding
Ann E. Todd as Charlotte
Vera Lewis as Carrie
Max Hoffman Jr. as Frayne
Archie Twitchell as Joe
Walter Wilson as Judge
Nat Carr as Wadsworth
Laird Cregar as Court Clerk (uncredited)
Creighton Hale as Reporter (uncredited)
Jack Mower as Bailiff (uncredited)

Reception

The film made a profit of $14,000.

References

^ Mank, Gregory William (2018). Laird Cregar: A Hollywood Tragedy. McFarland.
Hal Erickson (2015). "Granny-Get-Your-Gun - Trailer - Cast - Showtimes". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Archived from the original on 2015-03-19. Retrieved 2015-06-17.
"Granny Get Your Gun (1940) - Overview". TCM.com. Retrieved 2015-06-17.

External links

Granny Get Your Gun at IMDb

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