Riding High
4.9
“Paramount's Rhythm Rodeo in TECHNICOLOR... Heap hep songs... Heap hep squaws... Heap hep laughs!”
No relation to the 1950 Frank Capra film of the same name, the 1943 Technicolor musical Riding High is a by-the-numbers vehicle for Dorothy Lamour and Dick Powell. Lamour stars as Ann Castle, a former burlesque queen who heads westward to claim her father's silver mine. Powell plays mining engineer Steve Baird, who like Ann has a vested interest in the worked-out mine. With the help of genial counterfeiter Mortimer J. Slocum (Victor Moore), Steve and Ann are able to peddle mining stock, thus saving her from bankruptcy. The stockholders are in a lynching mood when it appears that they've been flim-flammed, but a last minute "miracle" saves the day. Featured in the cast are Paramount stalwarts Cass Daley and Gil Lamb, the former doing her quasi-Martha Raye act and the latter swallowing his harmonica for the millionth time. Production values are excellent and the songs are exuberantly performed; it's only in its hackneyed plot that Riding High slows to a clip-clop.
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Dorothy Lamour
Ann Castle
Known for
Creepshow 2
The Greatest Show on Earth
Dick Powell
Steve Baird
Known for
Murder, My Sweet
Pitfall
Victor Moore
Mortimer J. Slocum
Known for
Make Way for Tomorrow
The Seven Year Itch
Gil Lamb
Bob 'Foggy' Day
Known for
The Love Bug
The Gnome-Mobile
Cass Daley
Tess Connors
Also in
The Spirit Is Willing
Red Garters
Bill Goodwin
Chuck Steuart
Known for
Spellbound
Rod Cameron
Sam Welch
Known for
Thunder at the Border
Christmas in July
Glenn Langan
Jack Holbrook
Known for
The Amazing Colossal Man
Dragonwyck
Roscoe Karns
Shorty
Known for
It Happened One Night
His Girl Friday
Douglas Fowley
Brown
Known for
Singin' in the Rain
From Noon Till Three
Stanley Andrews
Reynolds
Known for
Superman and the Mole Men
Meet John Doe
James Burke
Pete
Known for
The Maltese Falcon
At the Circus
George Marshall Director · Art Arthur Writer Walter DeLeon Writer
United States release November 11, 1943 · Produced in United States
Production
Paramount Pictures
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United States
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Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · November 11, 1943
Theatrical
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