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.
Not for scares, brutality or big ideas.
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Gary CooperStretch Willoughby
Merle OberonMary Smith
Patsy KellyKatie Callahan
Walter BrennanSugar
Fuzzy KnightBuzz
Mabel ToddElly
Henry KolkerHorace Smith
Harry DavenportUncle Hannibal Smith
Emma DunnMa Hawkins
Walter WalkerAmes
Berton ChurchillOliver Wendell Henderson
Charles RichmanDillon
Frederick VogedingCaptain
Iron Eyes CodyRodeo Indian (uncredited)
Hank WordenCowhand Leonard (uncredited)
Irving BaconChester - Smith's Secretary (uncredited)
Franklyn FarnumCowboy (uncredited)
George ChandlerReporter (uncredited)
Charles ColemanHorace Smith's Butler (uncredited)
Eddie AcuffBus Driver (uncredited)
Murray AlperCowboy at Ranch (uncredited)
Ed BradyCarpenter at Ranch (uncredited)
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GoodWatch score 66November 17, 1938 · 1 h 31 min · NR
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In the United States, The Cowboy and the Lady streams on Prime, and it is free with ads on Plex, Philo, Kanopy, Hoopla, Pluto TV, Fawesome, and Tubi TV. You can rent or buy it from Apple TV Store. It also streams in 22 other countries.
Opinions are mixed, with a GoodWatch score of 63 (IMDb 6.6).
Yes: it's rated NR in the United States, and the viewing guide lists it for family nights.
Yes: romance is 8 of 10, and the viewing guide lists it for date night.
Yes: the humor is mostly situational comedy (7 of 10) and sharp wit (7 of 10).
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