Name: Cowboy Canteen
Genre: Western
Released: 1944
Duration: 1 min 12 s
Cast: Charles Starrett, Jane Frazee, Vera Vague, Guinn "big Boy" Williams, Roy Acuff

Brief Synopsis

A rancher turns his spread into a dude ranch for soldiers during World War II.

Cast & Crew

Vera Vague

Guinn "big Boy" Williams

Spud Harrigan

Roy Acuff

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Film Details

Also Known As

Barnyard Canteen

Genre

Western

Release Date

Feb 8, 1944

Premiere Information

not available

Production Company

Columbia Pictures Corp.

Distribution Company

Columbia Pictures Corp.

Country

United States

Technical Specs

Duration

1h 12m

Film Length

6,454ft

Synopsis

Performers Vera Vague, Connie Gray and Professor Merlin, a ventriloquist, volunteer to spend their vacation working on the Lazy B ranch because of the wartime shortage of young men. When they arrive at Lost Cow California, however, Lazy B owner Steve Bradley is dismayed to learn that his new hands are all greenhorns. Furious, Steve insults the performers, but Connie rises to his challenge and determines to stay and prove that he has misjudged them. Tex Coulter, Steve's adversary on the range, is attracted to Connie and welcomes her to the ranch, further irritating Steve. Steve's kindly old mother also graciously receives Connie and her friends, and after Connie prepares a delicious dinner, Steve begins to change his mind about the entertainers. Steve and his sidekick, Spud Harrigan, are leaving for military service, and consequently, Tex, who has taken an interest in Connie, volunteers to help out at the ranch in their absence. As the neighbors gather for a rousing farewell party, some soldiers from a nearby Army post appear at the ranch to ask Connie and the others to perform at their camp. After leaving for duty, Steve begins to receive letters from his mother, informing him that Tex is courting Connie. One day, Steve's commanding officer, Major C. L. Cox, summons the rancher to his office and shows him a letter from Connie, requesting his help in establishing a canteen at the ranch. As a result, Steve and Spud are ordered back to the Lazy B to help build the canteen. Upon their return, Steve begins to romance Connie, while Spud starts to woo the man-hungry Vera. When Tex and Steve begin to fight over Connie's affections, Connie angrily rejects them both. Once the canteen is completed, Steve and Spud return to their post and are notified that they are to be shipped out on the opening night of the canteen. With only hours left before he is to report to duty, Steve drives back to the ranch, where his mother gives him a lecture about women and assures him that Connie is in love with him. Emboldened by his mother's words, Steve hurries to Connie's dressing room and proposes to her. After she accepts, Tex offers the couple his congratulations.