The Tenderfoot (MOD)

The Tenderfoot (MOD)With large confidence and an even larger hat, cattleman Calvin Jones (rubber faced comic Joe E. Brown) rolls along the lighted cow path of Broadway. He has $20,000 to invest in a show, intending to skedaddle back to Texas with his profits. Faster than you can say flopperoo, the producers of the show Calvin bankrolls button it up and keep the dough. Now add mobsters eager to extort some cash and romance with a perky secretary (Ginger Rogers), and it's

This non-stop musical tour de force sings

cajoles and demands he study

[Fairbanks] plays the love game with his eyes and his heart both open

's Union Station

takes the jury hostage with just one demand: The prosecutor must find evidence to clear the son of these heinous crimes--in just 24 hours

And eats - well

he decides to burn the town down as a parting gift and a reminder of their sheriff's inability to protect it

A fast-talking American officer

Arthur Kennedy

costarring Susan Hampshire and Mona Washbourne

Mario Lanza impressively hoists the lead role onto his wide shoulders

And Randolph Scott and Gail Patrick add to the marital mix-up as Nick goes from having one wife to two to none to one