The Roundup
# DON WILSON, Jack Benny's famous announcer...goes over big---but BIG---in his first screen comedy role!
📜 Overview:
Originally written as a stage vehicle for corpulent character actor Macklyn Arbuckle, Ernest Day's The Roundup was first filmed in 1920 with Fatty Arbuckle (no relation) in the lead. By the time the film was remade in 1941, Arbuckle's character, a roly-poly frontier sheriff named Slim (!), was refashioned as a supporting role, with Jack Benny's radio announcer Don Wilson essaying the part. The plot, however, remained fairly intact: Upon hearing that her fiance Greg (Preston Foster) has been killed, Janet (Patricia Morison) agrees to marry rancher Steve (Richard Dix) on the rebound. On the day of the wedding, who should show up but Greg, determined to raise as much Hell as humanly possible
🌏 Languages Available:
English
📆 Date Released:
1941-04-03
⌚ Running Time:
90 mins
⭐ Vote Average:
8.0
Beloved Cast
Steve Payson
Richard Dix
Janet Allen (Payson)
Patricia Morison
Greg Lane
Preston Foster
Sheriff 'Slim' Hoover
Don Wilson
Polly Hope
Ruth Donnelly
Capt. Bob Lane
Douglass Dumbrille
Wade McGee
Jerome Cowan
Mary, Child Rescued by Greg Lane
Betty Brewer
'Parenthesis'
Morris Ankrum
Ed Crandall (as Richard Curtis)
Dick Curtis
Frane Battles
William Haade
Mrs. Wilson
Clara Kimball Young
'Cheyenne'
Weldon Heyburn
Taggert
Lane Chandler
Sam Snead
Lee 'Lasses' White
