The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap

Oct 8, 1947

1h 18m

★ 6.2

It's 'Ma (EGG AND I) KETTLE' as the wild and willing widow!

Overview

Chester Wooley and Duke Egan are travelling salesmen who make a stopover in Wagon Gap, Montana while enroute to California. During the stopover, a notorious criminal is murdered, and the two are charged with the crime.

Genres

Comedy

Western

Production Companies

Universal Pictures

Universal International Pictures

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Cast

Duke Egan

Bud Abbott

Chester Wooley

Lou Costello

Widow Hawkins

Marjorie Main

Juanita Hawkins

Audrey Young

Judge Benbow

George Cleveland

Jake Frame

Gordon Jones

Jim Simpson

William Ching

Phil

Peter M. Thompson

Matt Hawkins

Bill Clauson

Billy Hawkins

Billy O'Leary

Sarah Hawkins

Pamela Wells

Jefferson Hawkins

Jimmy Bates

The Little Fellow finds the girl of his dreams and work on a family farm. He helps defend the farm against criminals, and all seems well, until he discovers the girl of his dreams already has someone in her life. Unwilling to be a problem in their lives, he takes to the road, though he is seen skipping and swinging his cane as if happy to be back on the road where he knows he belongs.

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