Moonlight and Cactus

"THE GALS HAVE TAKEN OVER THE OLD WEST WITH RHYTHM!"

Sep 8 1944 Approved 1h 0m
Adventure, Comedy, Music

The swinging Andrews Sisters provide the musical interludes and romance in this western. They play a trio of WW II era ranchers. That they are so good at running it proves terrible surprise for a ranch hand who has just returned home after serving in the Navy.

Plot

Petty Officer Tom Garrison (Tom Seidel)of the Merchant Marines returns on shore leave to his cattle ranch, and brings with him shipmates "Stubby" (Eddie Quillan),"Slugger" (Murray Alper),"Punchy" (Shemp Howard), and "Lucky" (Tom Kennedy). At the ranch, Tom finds that because of WWII manpower shortage, women have taken over operating the ranch. Heading the cowgirls are Patty Andrews, Maxene Andrews, Laverne Andrews, Lou Ferguson (Elyse Knox) and Abigail (Minerva Urecal). Lou tells Tom that a large number of cattle have been mysteriously disappearing, and they decide to hire neighboring rancher Pasqualito (Leo Carrillo), who makes claims to being a great detective, and his assistant, Ogala (Frank Lackteen), an Indian. Tom's cattle show up on Pasqualito's ranchero, but he has an excuse.

Written by

Eugene Conrad, Paul Gerard Smith

Directed by

Edward F. Cline

Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

Universal Pictures

Awards

N/A

Scores
# of Votes
48
Average Rating
6.7 out of 10
Metascore
NA
Popularity
NA