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The Tenderfoot

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Cowboy Peter Jones (Joe E. Brown) travels from Texas to New York, intent on making a fortune for himself and his mother. Targeting Peter as an easy mark, producers Sam Lehman (Lew Cody) and McLure (Robert Greig) convince him to invest in their show. Attracted to their secretary, Ruth (Ginger Rogers), Peter agrees. However, Ruth predicts the show will be a failure, and when it flops Peter buys out his partners. With Ruth's help, Peter then faces a series of bizarre challenges to revive the show.

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Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews A silly comedy. Rated: C+ Aug 16, 2017 Full Review Read all reviews

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Steve D Brown's mugging makes it painful. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 05/06/23 Full Review Audience Member Joe E. Brown lays it on pretty thick as a yokel come to the big city but the movie is innocuous enough. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 02/27/23 Full Review Audience Member another star vehicle for the horrible joe e brown Rated 2 out of 5 stars 01/21/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis Cowboy Peter Jones (Joe E. Brown) travels from Texas to New York, intent on making a fortune for himself and his mother. Targeting Peter as an easy mark, producers Sam Lehman (Lew Cody) and McLure (Robert Greig) convince him to invest in their show. Attracted to their secretary, Ruth (Ginger Rogers), Peter agrees. However, Ruth predicts the show will be a failure, and when it flops Peter buys out his partners. With Ruth's help, Peter then faces a series of bizarre challenges to revive the show.
Director
Ray Enright
Producer
Bryan Foy
Screenwriter
Earl Baldwin, Monty Banks, Arthur Caesar
Production Co
First National Pictures
Genre
Comedy
Original Language
English
Release Date (DVD)
Jul 23, 2010
Runtime
1h 10m