Annie Get Your Gun
Gunslinging icon Annie Oakley romances fellow sharpshooter Frank Butler as the pair tours with Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
Director(s)
Hal Bell
George Sidney
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John Chard
Annie get your gun, your man and lift the ceiling off of those rafters. Out of MGM, Annie Get Your Gun is primarily directed by George Sidney and adapted for the screen by Sidney Sheldon from the book written by Dorothy & Herbert Fields. It stars Betty Hutton, Howard Keel, Benay Venuta, Louis Calhern & J. Carrol Naish. Music is by Irving Berlin and photography is by Charles Rosher. It is a Technicolor production. It's loosely based on the life of sharpshooting Annie Oakley and this film production comes after the immense success of the stage play that began its run in 1946. Plot sees Hutton as Annie Oakley, a simple backwoods kinda girl, who after beating famed sharpshooter Frank Butler (Keel) in a contest, goes on to be world famous. But with fame comes tribulations, not least is that she has a thing for Frank. Ebullient and colorful musical that asks you to leave history at the door and just enjoy the ride. The film famously had a troubled production, Judy Garland (Annie) had to leave due to ill health, Frank Morgan (Buffalo Bill) passed away and George Sidney was the third director to work on the film after Busby Berkeley and Charles Walters had left the lot. Even after the new cast and team reconvened there was bad feeling on set, with most of it aimed towards Hutton purely because she had replaced Garland. Post the film's major success, a dispute between MGM and Irving Berlin meant the film was pulled from circulation in 1973 and wasn't seen again till 2000. Thankfully since then a whole new era of musical fans can now enjoy, along with the older supporters, this marvellous piece of entertainment. With show stopping tunes like "Doin' What Comes Natur'lly", "You Can't Get a Man With a Gun", "There's No Business Like Show Business" and "Anything you Can Do" bursting out from the screen like rays of sunshine, it's film to light up the darkest of days when you're feeling blue. Oh and for the record, Hutton is an absolute delight, attacking the lead role with a zest that belies the bad time she was getting off camera. Great comic timing, too. 8/10
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The directors of Annie Get Your Gun are Hal Bell and George Sidney.
The cast of Annie Get Your Gun includes Larry Steers as Ball Guest (uncredited), Sue Casey as Cowgirl (uncredited), Carl Sklover as Bit Role (uncredited), Buddy Roosevelt as Minor Role (uncredited), George Calliga as Ball Guest (uncredited), Shep Houghton as Party Guest (uncredited), Helen Dickson as Sour-Faced Wife (uncredited), Dorothy Abbott as Carriage Woman (uncredited), Budd Fine as Immigration Officer (uncredited), Howard Keel as Frank Butler, Forbes Murray as Ball Guest (uncredited), Michael Dugan as Cowboy (uncredited), and more.
The duration of Annie Get Your Gun is 1h 47 mins.
Yes. You can watch the Annie Get Your Gun trailer on this Fanbiz page on Fanziz.
Annie Get Your Gun was released on 17 May 1950.
Annie Get Your Gun is listed under Music, Comedy, Romance, and Western on Fanbiz.
Annie Get Your Gun has 1 review on Fanziz, with an average rating of 8.0/10. One reviewer wrote: "Annie get your gun, your man and lift the ceiling off of those rafters. Out of MGM, Annie Get Your Gun is primarily directed by George Sidney and adapted for the screen by Si..."
