Lady in a Jam

Jun 19, 1942

1h 18m

★ 5.3

Overview

A psychiatrist's patient, a nutty heiress, travels west to find gold in her grandfather's abandoned mine. The psychiatrist, unable to talk her out of it, decides to follow her out there.

Genres

Comedy

Romance

Western

Production Companies

Universal Pictures

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Cast

Jane Palmer

Irene Dunne

Doctor Enright

Patric Knowles

Stanley

Ralph Bellamy

Billingsley

Eugene Pallette

Doctor Brewster

Samuel S. Hinds

Cactus Kate

Queenie Vassar

Strawberry

Jane Garland

Ground-Hog

Edward McWade

Faro Bill

Robert Homans

Carter

Russell Hicks

Milton

Hardie Albright

Josephine

Isabel La Mal

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