Granny Get Your Gun Explained

Granny Get Your Gun
Director:George Amy
Producer:Bryan Foy
Screenplay:Kenneth Gamet
Starring:May Robson
Harry Davenport
Margot Stevenson
Hardie Albright
Clem Bevans
Clay Clement
Music:Howard Jackson
Editing:Jack Killifer
Studio:Warner Bros.
Distributor:Warner Bros.
Runtime:56 minutes
Country:United States
Language:English
Budget:$98,000[1]
Gross:$256,000

Granny Get Your Gun is a 1940 American comedy western film directed by George Amy and written by Kenneth Gamet. The film stars May Robson, Harry Davenport, Margot Stevenson, Hardie Albright, Clem Bevans and Clay Clement. It is based primarily on supporting characters found in the 1937 Perry Mason novel The Case of the Dangerous Dowager. The film was released by Warner Bros. on February 10, 1940.[2] [3]

Plot

Leonard Maltin

"Cute comic mystery... Robson is a hoot as a rough-riding Nevadan who straps on her six-shooters and turns sleuth to clear her granddaughter of a trumped-up murder charge."

Cast

Reception

The film made a profit of $14,000.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Mank, Gregory William. McFarland. 2018. Laird Cregar: A Hollywood Tragedy.
  2. Web site: Granny-Get-Your-Gun - Trailer - Cast - Showtimes . https://web.archive.org/web/20150319023640/http://www.nytimes.com/movies/movie/93682/Granny-Get-Your-Gun/overview . dead . 2015-03-19 . Movies & TV Dept. . . Hal Erickson . Hal Erickson (author) . 2015 . 2015-06-17.
  3. Web site: Granny Get Your Gun (1940) - Overview . TCM.com . 2015-06-17.