Pardners

Aug 1, 1956

1h 28m

★ 6.7

You'll Ride With 'Em! Shoot With 'Em! Laugh With 'Em! In The Biggest Bestest Funniest Most Musical Western Yet!

Overview

Rich momma's boy Wade Kingsley Jr. an Eastern dude, tries to follow in his murdered father's footsteps by returning to the West to partner up with Slim Moseley Jr.,the son of his father's former partner. Wade overcomes Slim's initial reluctance to accept him by using his fortune to buy a prize cow and new car to help Slim in his job as foreman on the Kingsley family ranch, currently under siege by a gang of outlaws called "masked raiders." Wade generously tries to pay off the ranch's mortgage with $15,000 of his own money, but unfortunately neither "pardner" realizes that respected banker Dan Hollis, the son of their fathers' murderer, is the leader of the gang.

Genres

Comedy

Western

Production Companies

Paramount Pictures

Pardners Trailers

Cast

Slim Mosely Jr. / Slim Mosely Sr.

Dean Martin

Wade Kingsley Jr. / Wade Kingsley Sr.

Jerry Lewis

Carol Kingsley

Lori Nelson

Pete Rio

Jeff Morrow

Whitey

Lon Chaney Jr.

Gus

Lee Van Cleef

Pete

Jack Elam

Dan Hollis / Sam Hollis

John Baragrey

Mrs. Matilda Kingsley

Agnes Moorehead

Hawkins, the Butler

Milton Frome

Chauffeur

Richard Aherne

Salvin

Scott Douglas

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