The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap
1947 · Movie · 78 min. · United States
Chester Wooley (Lou Costello) and Duke Egan (Bud Abbott) are traveling salesmen who make a stopover in Wagon Gap, Montana while en route to California. During the stopover, a notorious criminal, Fred Hawkins, is murdered, and the two are charged with the crime. They are quickly tried, convicted, and sentenced to die by hanging. The head of the local citizen's committee, Jim Simpson (William Ching), recalls a law whereby the survivor of a gun duel must take responsibility for the deceased's debts and family. The law spares the two from execution, but Chester is now responsible for the widow Hawkins (Marjorie Main) and her seven children. They go to her farm, where Chester is worked by Mrs. Hawkins from dawn to dusk. To make matters worse, Chester must work at the saloon at night to repay Hawkin's debt to its owner, Jake Frame (Gordon Jones). Her plan is to wear Chester down until he agrees to marry her. Chester quickly learns that no one will harm him, for fear that they will have to...
Direction Charles Barton
Cast Bud Abbott · Lou Costello · Marjorie Main · Audrey Young · George Cleveland · Gordon Jones · William Ching · Peter M. Thompson · Bill Clauson · Billy O'Leary · Pamela Wells · Jimmy Bates · Paul Dunn · Diane Florentine · Rex Lease · Glenn Strange · Edmund Cobb · Wade Crosby · Dewey Robinson · Murray Leonard
Soundtrack Walter Schumann
Screenplay Robert Lees · Frederic I. Rinaldo · John Grant · D.D. Beauchamp · William Bowers
Cinematography Charles Van Enger
Original title The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap
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Not rated (FilmAffinity)
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