Movie
Pardners
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.
Details
- Release date
- 1956-08-01
- Runtime
- 88 min
- Genres
- Comedy, Western
- Status
- Released
- Production
- York Pictures Corporation
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Dean Martin as Slim Mosely Jr. / Slim Mosely Sr.
- Jerry Lewis as Wade Kingsley Jr. / Wade Kingsley Sr.
- Lori Nelson as Carol Kingsley
- Jeff Morrow as Pete Rio
- Lon Chaney Jr. as Whitey
- Lee Van Cleef as Gus
- Jack Elam as Pete
- John Baragrey as Dan Hollis / Sam Hollis
- Agnes Moorehead as Mrs. Matilda Kingsley
- Milton Frome as Hawkins, the Butler
- Richard Aherne as Chauffeur
- Scott Douglas as Salvin
Crew
- Norman Taurog - Director
- Sidney Sheldon - Screenplay
- Mervin J. Houser - Story
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