The Round Up (1941 film)
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| Directed by | Lesley Selander |
| Screenplay by | Harold Shumate |
| Produced by | Harry Sherman |
| Starring | Richard Dix Patricia Morison Preston Foster Don Wilson Ruth Donnelly Douglass Dumbrille |
| Cinematography | Russell Harlan |
| Edited by | Carroll Lewis Sherman A. Rose |
| Music by | Victor Young John Leipold |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
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Running time | 90 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
The Round Up is a 1941 American Western film directed by Lesley Selander and written by Harold Shumate. The film stars Richard Dix, Patricia Morison, Preston Foster, Don Wilson, Ruth Donnelly, Jerome Cowan and Douglass Dumbrille. The film was released on April 4, 1941, by Paramount Pictures.[1][2][3]
It is a remake of the 1920 silent film The Round-Up, and is noteworthy for casting Wilson (best known as Jack Benny's announcer) in a rare dramatic role as the tubby sheriff originally played by Roscoe Arbuckle.
Plot
[edit]At Janet Allen's wedding to Steve Payson, owner of the Sweetwater Cattle Ranch, her former fiancée Greg Lane, whom she thought dead, turns up. Greg disregards the fact she is now a married woman and tries to make love to her behind her husband's back.
Soon, on the Sweetwater ranch, against a background of Indian uprisings, rustlers, gun-running and bandits, the young bride is torn between loyalty to her husband and a burning love for her returned sweetheart.
Cast
[edit]- Richard Dix as Steve Payson
- Patricia Morison as Janet Allen (Payson)
- Preston Foster as Greg Lane
- Don Wilson as Sheriff 'Slim' Hoover
- Ruth Donnelly as Polly Hope
- Douglass Dumbrille as Capt. Bob Lane
- Jerome Cowan as Wade McGee
- Betty Brewer as Mary
- Morris Ankrum as 'Parenthesis'
- Dick Curtis as Ed Crandall
- William Haade as Frane Battles
- Clara Kimball Young as Mrs. Wilson
- Weldon Heyburn as 'Cheyenne'
- Lane Chandler as Taggert
- Lee 'Lasses' White as Sam Snead
References
[edit]- ^ "The Round Up (1941) - Overview". TCM.com. March 12, 1941. Retrieved November 1, 2015.
- ^ T.S. (March 13, 1941). "Movie Review - The Roundup - At Loew's Criterion". NYTimes.com. Retrieved November 1, 2015.
- ^ "The Round Up". Afi.com. Retrieved November 1, 2015.
Bibliography
[edit]- Fetrow, Alan G. Feature Films, 1940-1949: a United States Filmography. McFarland, 1994.
External links
[edit]- The Round Up at IMDb
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