Moonlight and Cactus

Sep 8, 1944

1h 0m

★ 4.0

THE GALS HAVE TAKEN OVER THE OLD WEST WITH RHYTHM!

Overview

The swinging Andrews Sisters provide the musical interludes and romance in this western. They play a trio of WW II era ranchers. That they are so good at running it proves terrible surprise for a ranch hand who has just returned home after serving in the Navy.

Genres

Western

Comedy

Music

Production Companies

Universal Pictures

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Cast

Patty

Patty Andrews

Maxene

Maxene Andrews

Laverne

Laverne Andrews

Pasqualito Luigi

Leo Carrillo

Louise Ferguson

Elyse Knox

Tom Garrison

Tom Seidel

Punchy Carter

Shemp Howard

Stubby Lamont

Eddie Quillan

Slugger

Murray Alper

Lucky

Tom Kennedy

Ogala

Frank Lackteen

Child Dancer

Chatita Tovar

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