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| Director: Gene Kelly
Actors: James Stewart, Henry Fonda, Shirley Jones, Sue Ane Langdon, Elaine Devry
Studio: Warner Home Video
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Rating:  13 reviews
Sales Rank: 14608
Format: Color, Hifi Sound, Ntsc
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Media: VHS Tape
Number Of Items: 1
Running Time: 103 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 7.3 x 4.2 x 1.1
ISBN: 6301691695
UPC: 085391134336
EAN: 9786301691697
ASIN: 6301691695
Theatrical Release Date: June 12, 1970
Release Date: April 27, 1994
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Condition: Video and sleeve in good condition, ships next day A-3
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 A little Risque for it's time....and Great fun! July 14, 2005
A. Sloan (Cary, NC)
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
For the longest I was trying to think of who Duvall and Jones reminded me of in "Lonesome Dove" then it hit me that it was Fonda and Stewart in this movie. If you love the banter and bickering of Gus and Capt. Call then you will love this comedy. For one of the last good comedic westerns before the mid-seventies this one is a beauty with a risque edge that's a reflection of the time it was released (1970).
The role of sex was not prevalent especially in westerns before then and as times changed it eventually leaked into the westerns. (It's heavily implied but none is shown) I guess it was truly the last frontier in movies. And to top it all off this is directed by Mr. Gene "Singing in the Rain" Kelly no less.
When one of two cowboys (Stewart) who have been on the trails way too long inherits a Social Club from his deceased brother, he feels like things are changing for the better. Little does he realize just how sociable the occupants of the club really are. Let the famous "Jimmy Stewart stammering begin!"'
Especially when he realizes that his moral stand is not the way to win friends, influence people and get an enormous steak in this new town. Fonda who acts like a kid at Disneyworld who wants to ride every ride there is, (excuse the pun please) is priceless when he just can't understand why the park has to close after the fireworks.
Both Jimmy Stewart and Henry Fonda's facial expressions are a sight to behold as the many stipulations that are bound to the social club unfold one by one along with the excess baggage. Shirley Jones during her Elmer Gantry era plays a favorite of the former owner who tries to persuade Stewart to help them out when things get out of hand. (She's no Shirley Partridge in this movie!) You'll love the unexpected and expected twists and turns of this movie. I highly recommend this one.
THE CHEYENNE SOCIAL CLUB October 21, 2005
Jack F. Renkert
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
Why this comedy/drama western..directed by the great song & dance man himself..Mr.Gene Kelly..was not on DVD..blows my mind.It was release by National General Cinema which is no longer around..some studio should pick up on it..like Paramount did for Warner Bros..John Wayne's Classics..HONDO..ISLAND IN THE SKY..ETC.Fonda & Stewart right from the GO..were GREAT..going from state to state while Fonda kept on talking away at poor Stewart.Their SUPER with each..they play off of each other just as they are..LEGENDS!!Yes..they were just like Robert Duvall & Tommy Lee Jones..from..'LONESOME DOVE..for sure.And also in WIDESCREEN.Somebody please pick up the ball on this LOVEABLE WESTERN.Thankyou---Jack
Pure fun to see Henry Fonda and James Stewart together June 13, 1999
ablefox5@pobox.com (Houston, Texas)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
It is truly a shame that Henry Fonda and James Stewart didn't make a dozen films together. It is pure pleasure to see them together, and they have the chemistry of a great comedy team. The movie only deserves four stars as the story is not the best, but Fonda and Stewart could read the back of a cereal box and make it enjoyable.
it is a shame it is not on dvd April 30, 2005
Gregory mode (arkansas,usa)
3 out of 8 found this review helpful
this is the only movie that i liked him in.
 A very sanitized sporting house July 17, 2005
D. D Lawson (Pasadena, Calif. USA)
2 out of 20 found this review helpful
A cute film but most cathouses are tough, hard, places full of strange, desperate & scary people. This film alludes to some of the problems of running a whore house but because of social restraints could not be addressed. I feel that prostitution ( a necessary evil but still an evil) should not be glamourized & the same goes for some other films that come to mind that try to do it.
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