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DecentGoodWatch scoreSummary
Lum Edwards is annoyed with his partner in Pine Ridge's Jot-'em-Down general store, Abner Peabody, because Abner has swapped their delivery car for a racehorse. Lum, meanwhile, is too timid to propose to Geraldine.
Good for
- Date night
- Family movie night
- Friends night
Skip it if
- You want dark or edgy material
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Only audience scores so far
Audiences 53GoodWatch 58
IMDb5.3
Box office
4.1×its budget
- Budget
- $165 K
- Worldwide
- $675 K
Worldwide it earned $510 K more than it cost.
Running time
1 h 18 min
Shorter than 9 in 10 comedies, −22 min on the typical 100
typical 10078Half of all comedies run 91–111 min.
Reach
Streams in 62 countries
+52Released
1942
March 19, 1942
84 years ago
Genre
ComedyLanguage
English
Original language
Made in
- United States
Rated
- NRUnited States
Yes: it's rated NR in the United States, and the viewing guide lists it for kids.
What's in it
- ViolenceLittle or none
- Gore, disturbing imagesLittle or none
- Frightening scenesLittle or none
- Sex, nudityLittle or none
- Dark themesLittle or none
Levels from the title analysis.
Viewing guide
AdultsDate NightFamily Movie NightFriends NightIntergenerationalKidsPartner WatchPublic Viewing SafeSolo WatchTeensBackground WatchComfort WatchDrop-in FriendlyPure Escapism
and 7 moreDirecting · 1
- Malcolm St. Clair Director
Writing · 3
- Chandler Sprague Screenplay
- Chester Lauck Story
- Norris Goff Story
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