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Swing Your Lady

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In this musical comedy, Joe (Nat Pendleton), a professional wrestler, arrives at a small town in Missouri with his manager, Ed (Humphrey Bogart). Ed wants Joe to wrestle one of the locals, but has trouble finding a suitable candidate. As a gimmick, Ed decides Joe should wrestle Sadie (Louise Fazenda), the town's blacksmith. But when Joe falls in love with Sadie, he refuses to battle her. Instead, Ed cooks up a scheme for Joe to wrestle someone else, and he makes Sadie the victory prize.

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Ann Ross Maclean's Magazine It has its moments of ferocious funniness. Oct 3, 2019 Full Review Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews Corny hillbilly comedy that is embarrassingly bad. Rated: C Jan 10, 2015 Full Review Read all reviews

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Steve D There is just not enough plot here. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 03/14/24 Full Review Audience Member It's Bogart in a musical comedy, I think that about says it all. What kind of drugs was Jack Warner on when he thought this movie would be a good idea? Rated 2 out of 5 stars 02/24/23 Full Review Audience Member A silly little dumb picture that features Bogie, yes, but overall is entertaining only for the comedy that comes from Frank McHugh. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 02/12/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis In this musical comedy, Joe (Nat Pendleton), a professional wrestler, arrives at a small town in Missouri with his manager, Ed (Humphrey Bogart). Ed wants Joe to wrestle one of the locals, but has trouble finding a suitable candidate. As a gimmick, Ed decides Joe should wrestle Sadie (Louise Fazenda), the town's blacksmith. But when Joe falls in love with Sadie, he refuses to battle her. Instead, Ed cooks up a scheme for Joe to wrestle someone else, and he makes Sadie the victory prize.
Director
Ray Enright
Producer
Hal B. Wallis
Production Co
Warner Bros. Pictures
Genre
Comedy
Original Language
English
Runtime
1h 19m