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1943 American film

A Lady Takes a Chance
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	William A. Seiter
Screenplay by	Robert Ardrey
Story by	Jo Swerling
Produced by	Frank Ross
Starring	Jean Arthur John Wayne
Cinematography	Frank Redman
Edited by	Theron Warth
Music by	Roy Webb
Production companies	Frank Ross Productions RKO Radio Pictures
Distributed by	RKO Radio Pictures
Release date	September 15, 1943 (1943-09-15)
Running time	86 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

A Lady Takes a Chance is a 1943 American romantic comedy film directed by William A. Seiter and starring Jean Arthur and John Wayne. Written by Robert Ardrey and based on a story by Jo Swerling, the film is about a New York working girl who travels to the American West on a bus tour and meets and falls in love with a handsome rodeo cowboy. The film was produced for RKO Radio Pictures by Frank Ross, who was Arthur's husband at the time. The supporting cast features comedian Phil Silvers.

Cast

Jean Arthur as Molly J. Truesdale
John Wayne as Duke Hudkins
Charles Winninger as Waco
Phil Silvers as Smiley Lambert (bus tour director)
Mary Field as Florrie Bendix
Don Costello as Drunk
John Philliber as Storekeeper
Grady Sutton as Malcolm Scott
Jean Stevens as "Jitterbug"
Grant Withers as Bob Hastings
Hans Conried as Gregg Stone
Ariel Heath as Flossie
Sugar Geise as Linda Belle
Joan Blair as Lilly
Tom Fadden as Mullen

References

"A Lady Takes a Chance: Detail View". American Film Institute. Retrieved April 24, 2014.
"A Lady Takes a Chance (1943)". The New York Times. Retrieved October 21, 2013.

External links

A Lady Takes a Chance at IMDb
A Lady Takes a Chance at the TCM Movie Database
A Lady Takes a Chance at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films

v t e Films directed by William A. Seiter
The Kentucky Colonel (1920) Eden and Return (1921) Hearts and Masks (1921) The Foolish Age (1921) Passing Through (1921) Boy Crazy (1922) Gay and Devilish (1922) Up and at 'Em (1922) When Love Comes (1922) The Understudy (1922) The Beautiful and Damned (1922) Little Church Around the Corner (1923) Daddies (1924) His Forgotten Wife (1924) The White Sin (1924) Listen Lester (1924) The Family Secret (1924) Helen's Babies (1924) The Fast Worker (1924) The Mad Whirl (1925) Dangerous Innocence (1925) The Teaser (1925) Where Was I? (1925) What Happened to Jones (1926) Skinner's Dress Suit (1926) Rolling Home (1926) Take It from Me (1926) The Cheerful Fraud (1927) The Small Bachelor (1927) Thanks for the Buggy Ride (1928) Good Morning, Judge (1928) Waterfront (1928) Outcast (1928) Synthetic Sin (1929) Why Be Good? (1929) Smiling Irish Eyes (1929) Footlights and Fools (1929) The Love Racket (1929) Strictly Modern (1930) Back Pay (1930) The Truth About Youth (1930) Sunny (1930) Going Wild (1930) Kiss Me Again (1931) Big Business Girl (1931) Too Many Cooks (1931) Caught Plastered (1931) Way Back Home (1931) Girl Crazy (1932) Young Bride (1932) Is My Face Red? (1932) Hot Saturday (1932) If I Had a Million (segment "The Three Marines", 1932) Hello, Everybody! (1933) Diplomaniacs (1933) Rafter Romance (1933) Chance at Heaven (1933) Sons of the Desert (1933) Love Birds (1934) We're Rich Again (1934) The Richest Girl in the World (1934) Roberta (1935) The Daring Young Man (1935) If You Could Only Cook (1935) The Case Against Mrs. Ames (1936) The Moon's Our Home (1936) Dimples (1936) Stowaway (1936) Life Begins in College (1937) This Is My Affair (1937) Sally, Irene and Mary (1938) Room Service (1938) Thanks for Everything (1938) Susannah of the Mounties (1939) Allegheny Uprising (1939) It's a Date (1940) Hired Wife (1940) Nice Girl? (1941) Appointment for Love (1941) Broadway (1942) You Were Never Lovelier (1942) Destroyer (1943) A Lady Takes a Chance (1943) Four Jills in a Jeep (1944) Belle of the Yukon (1944) The Affairs of Susan (1945) That Night with You (1945) Little Giant (1946) I'll Be Yours (1947) Up in Central Park (1948) One Touch of Venus (1948) Borderline (1950) Dear Brat (1951) The Lady Wants Mink (1953) Champ for a Day (1953) Make Haste to Live (1954)

Films directed by William A. Seiter

The Kentucky Colonel (1920)
Eden and Return (1921)
Hearts and Masks (1921)
The Foolish Age (1921)
Passing Through (1921)
Boy Crazy (1922)
Gay and Devilish (1922)
Up and at 'Em (1922)
When Love Comes (1922)
The Understudy (1922)
The Beautiful and Damned (1922)
Little Church Around the Corner (1923)
Daddies (1924)
His Forgotten Wife (1924)
The White Sin (1924)
Listen Lester (1924)
The Family Secret (1924)
Helen's Babies (1924)
The Fast Worker (1924)
The Mad Whirl (1925)
Dangerous Innocence (1925)
The Teaser (1925)
Where Was I? (1925)
What Happened to Jones (1926)
Skinner's Dress Suit (1926)
Rolling Home (1926)
Take It from Me (1926)
The Cheerful Fraud (1927)
The Small Bachelor (1927)
Thanks for the Buggy Ride (1928)
Good Morning, Judge (1928)
Waterfront (1928)
Outcast (1928)
Synthetic Sin (1929)
Why Be Good? (1929)
Smiling Irish Eyes (1929)
Footlights and Fools (1929)
The Love Racket (1929)
Strictly Modern (1930)
Back Pay (1930)
The Truth About Youth (1930)
Sunny (1930)
Going Wild (1930)
Kiss Me Again (1931)
Big Business Girl (1931)
Too Many Cooks (1931)
Caught Plastered (1931)
Way Back Home (1931)
Girl Crazy (1932)
Young Bride (1932)
Is My Face Red? (1932)
Hot Saturday (1932)
If I Had a Million (segment "The Three Marines", 1932)
Hello, Everybody! (1933)
Diplomaniacs (1933)
Rafter Romance (1933)
Chance at Heaven (1933)
Sons of the Desert (1933)
Love Birds (1934)
We're Rich Again (1934)
The Richest Girl in the World (1934)
Roberta (1935)
The Daring Young Man (1935)
If You Could Only Cook (1935)
The Case Against Mrs. Ames (1936)
The Moon's Our Home (1936)
Dimples (1936)
Stowaway (1936)
Life Begins in College (1937)
This Is My Affair (1937)
Sally, Irene and Mary (1938)
Room Service (1938)
Thanks for Everything (1938)
Susannah of the Mounties (1939)
Allegheny Uprising (1939)
It's a Date (1940)
Hired Wife (1940)
Nice Girl? (1941)
Appointment for Love (1941)
Broadway (1942)
You Were Never Lovelier (1942)
Destroyer (1943)
A Lady Takes a Chance (1943)
Four Jills in a Jeep (1944)
Belle of the Yukon (1944)
The Affairs of Susan (1945)
That Night with You (1945)
Little Giant (1946)
I'll Be Yours (1947)
Up in Central Park (1948)
One Touch of Venus (1948)
Borderline (1950)
Dear Brat (1951)
The Lady Wants Mink (1953)
Champ for a Day (1953)
Make Haste to Live (1954)

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