The Cowboy and the Lady

"MERLE ropes Gary! GARY brands Merle!"

Nov 17 1938 Approved 1h 31m
Comedy, Drama, Romance

Mary Smith decides after a lifetime of being a shut-in to do something wild while her father is out campaigning for the presidency, so she takes off for the family's home in West Palm Beach and inadvertently becomes romantically entangled with earnest cowboy Stretch Willoughby. Neither the dalliance nor the cowboy fit with the upper class image projected by her esteemed father, forcing her to choose.

Plot

Poor Mary Smith can't go night-clubbing or have any other fun because any hint of scandal could damage her father's political career. She decides to rebel and convinces her two maids to let her go along with them on a blind date with some rodeo performers. She tells her date, Stretch, that she's a parlor maid and that she left home because her father beat her. The two fall in love and elope. Now Mary has a double dilemma: continuing her charade with Stretch and keeping her marriage a secret from her father.

Written by

S.N. Behrman, Sonya Levien, Leo McCarey

Directed by

H.C. Potter, Stuart Heisler, William Wyler

Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

Samuel Goldwyn Productions

Languages

English

Awards

Won 1 Oscar. 2 wins & 2 nominations total

Scores
# of Votes
1,964
Average Rating
6.6 out of 10
Metascore
NA
Popularity
NA