

MovieComedyRomanceWestern
The Cowboy and the Lady
MERLE ropes Gary! GARY brands Merle!
6.3(29)19381h 31m
Mary Smith decides after a lifetime of being a shut-in to do something wild while her father is out campaigning for the presidency, so she takes off for the family's home in West Palm Beach and inadvertently becomes romantically entangled with earnest cowboy Stretch Willoughby. Neither the dalliance nor the cowboy fit with the upper class image projected by her esteemed father, forcing her to choose.
- Director
- H. C. Potter
- Writers
- S. N. Behrman,Sonya Levien
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Cast

Gary Cooper
Stretch Willoughby

Merle Oberon
Mary Smith

Patsy Kelly
Katie Callahan

Walter Brennan
Sugar

Fuzzy Knight
Buzz

Mabel Todd
Elly

Henry Kolker
Horace Smith

Harry Davenport
Uncle Hannibal Smith

Emma Dunn
Ma Hawkins

Walter Walker
Ames

Berton Churchill
Oliver Wendell Henderson

Charles Richman
Dillon

Frederick Vogeding
Captain

Iron Eyes Cody
Rodeo Indian (uncredited)

Hank Worden
Cowhand Leonard (uncredited)

Irving Bacon
Chester - Smith's Secretary (uncredited)
Danny Borzage
Musician (uncredited)

Franklyn Farnum
Cowboy (uncredited)

George Chandler
Reporter (uncredited)

Charles Coleman
Horace Smith's Butler (uncredited)

Eddie Acuff
Bus Driver (uncredited)

Murray Alper
Cowboy at Ranch (uncredited)
Silver Tip Baker
Rodeo Cowboy (uncredited)
Jack Baxley
Rodeo Rider (uncredited)
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Crew
Directing
- Edmond F. BernoudyAssistant Director
- H. C. PotterDirector
- Stuart HeislerCo-Director
- Stuart HeislerSecond Unit Director
- William WylerCo-Director
Writing
- Leo McCareyOriginal Story
- S. N. BehrmanScreenplay
- Sonya LevienScreenplay
- Frank R. AdamsOriginal Story
Production
- Samuel GoldwynProducer
- Robert WebbCasting
Camera
- Gregg TolandDirector of Photography
- Bert ShipmanCamera Operator
- Jimmie HacketCamera Operator
- Eddie GarvinCamera Operator
Editing
- Sherman ToddEditor
Sound
- Arthur QuenzerSongs
- Lionel NewmanSongs
- Alfred NewmanMusic Director
- Alfred NewmanOriginal Music Composer
- Thomas T. MoultonSound Recordist
- Edward B. PowellOrchestrator
- Conrad SalingerOrchestrator
- Paul NealSound Recordist
- Hugo FriedhoferOrchestrator
Art
- James BaseviAssistant Art Director
- Richard DayArt Direction
- Julia HeronSet Decoration
- Nick StadlerGreensman
Costume & Make-Up
- Omar KiamCostume Design
- Eugene JoseffOther
Crew
- Samuel GoldwynPresenter
- John EpperStunt Double
- John EmersonAdditional Writing
- Frederick LonsdaleAdditional Writing
- Lillian HellmanAdditional Writing
- Anita LoosAdditional Writing
- Richard ConnellAdditional Writing
- Howard EstabrookAdditional Writing
- Eddie MoranAdditional Writing
- Dorothy ParkerAdditional Writing
- Robert ArdreyAdditional Writing
- Alan CampbellAdditional Writing