Take It Big
5.4
“A SCREENFUL OF FUN STARS on a Rampage of Rhythm!”
Jack Haley plays Jack North, the nether end of a vaudeville horse act who inherits a western ranch. When he heads to the Great Outdoors to take possession, Jack winds up at the wrong place: a swanky dude ranch. He immediately begins running things, at it's quite a while before his error is discovered. By the time he shows up at his own ranch, he's up to his ears in unpaid debts-which naturally requires a fund-raising musical show as a bail-out. Harriet Hilliard handles the romantic portion of the proceedings, occasionally dueting with her real-life husband, bandleader Ozzie Nelson.
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Jack Haley
Jack North
Known for
The Wizard of Oz
Harriet Nelson
Jerry Clinton
Known for
Follow the Fleet
Frank McDonald
Howard J. Green
Howard J. Green
William H. Pine
Mary Beth Hughes
Gaye Livingston
Known for
The Ox-Bow Incident
Young Man with a Horn
Maxwell Shane
Joe Bigelow
Richard Lane
Eddie Hampton
Known for
Hellzapoppin'
Arabian Nights
William C. Thomas
Arline Judge
Pert Martin
Also in
The Mysterious Mr. Wong
Law of the Jungle
Frank McDonald Director · Howard J. Green Screenplay
United States release June 9, 1944 · Produced in United States · Production Pine-Thomas Productions
Production
Paramount Pictures
Production · Distribution
Pine-Thomas Productions
Production
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · June 9, 1944
Theatrical
United Kingdom
October 13, 1944 · London
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