Annie Get Your Gun (1950)

User Rating:

7.2/10   

Director:

George Sidney

Writers:

Dorothy Fields (libretto "Annie Get Your Gun") and
Herbert Fields (libretto "Annie Get Your Gun") ...

Release Date:

17 May 1950 (USA)

Genre:

Biography | Comedy | Family | Musical | Romance | Western

Tagline:

"Annie Get Your Gun" is even greater as an M-G-M musical!

Plot:

The story of the great sharpshooter, Annie Oakley, who rises to fame while dealing with her love/professional rival, Frank Butler.

Plot Keywords:

Annie Oakley | Sharpshooter | Show Business | Sitting Bull | England

Awards:

Won Oscar. Another 2 wins & 4 nominations

Cast

Betty Hutton	...	Annie Oakley
Howard Keel	...	Frank Butler
Louis Calhern	...	Col. Buffalo Bill Cody
J. Carrol Naish	...	Chief Sitting Bull
Edward Arnold	...	Pawnee Bill
Keenan Wynn	...	Charlie Davenport
Benay Venuta	...	Dolly Tate
Clinton Sundberg	...	Foster Wilson

Runtime:

107 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Sound System)

Certification:

Argentina:Atp | UK:U | France:U | Australia:G | Finland:S | Sweden:Btl | USA:Approved | USA:Passed (National Board of Review)

Company:

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)

Trivia:

Geraldine Wall was replaced in the cast by Benay Venuta.

Goofs:

Factual errors: When Annie and Frank have an encounter on the train, the sun is setting. In the next shot, the train is still going in the same direction, but a full moon is in the spot where the sun has set. A full moon is opposite of the sun, hence it would have to be in the eastern sky, not in the west.

Quotes:

Chief Sitting Bull: Sitting Bull live by three words: Keep bow tight, Keep arrow sharp,
[and with finality]
Chief Sitting Bull: No put money into shoe budiness.
Charlie Davenport: [rhetorically] How'd we ever get this country away from them?

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Happy Days: There's No Business Like No Business (#10.9)" (1982)

Soundtrack:

THE GIRL THAT I MARRY

Hutton was great!

I disagree with the previous reviewer who said Garland would have been better in this role. Betty Hutton was great. She may not have been the singer that Garland was, but she did a excellent job of looking really unpolished in the beginning and cleaning up to be a very attractive woman. Her portrayal of Annie has a lot personality and humor. If you rent or buy the anniversary tape or DVD for this movie, they've included some scenes that had been already shot with Judy before they decided to recast her role. There is no comparison. Judy was not up to the role at that point in her life and it really shows. I'm glad Betty was cast. I think it's a great movie/musical due to her performance.