Peter Potter Jr. returns to claim his father's gold, which is nowhere to be found.
Acting
Hope's fourth-wall-breaking cowardice is genuinely timeless.
Cinematography
Tashlin turns a soundstage West into saturated comic book panels.
Director
Frank Tashlin
Bob Hope
Peter Potter Jr.
Jane Russell
Mike 'The Torch' Delroy
Roy Rogers
Roy Barton
Bill Williams
Kirk
Lloyd Corrigan
Doc Lovejoy
Paul E. Burns
Ebenezer Hawkins
Douglass Dumbrille
Sheriff McIntyre
Harry von Zell
Mr. Stoner
Iron Eyes Cody
Chief Yellow Cloud
Trigger
Trigger
William 'Wee Willie' Davis
Blacksmith
Oliver Blake
Telegraph Clerk (uncredited)
Chester Conklin
Bartender #2 (uncredited)
Bing Crosby
Driver (uncredited)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was Bob Hope's highest-grossing film, proving Americans loved watching him suffer in Technicolor.
Tashlin later directed Jerry Lewis classics; his cartoonist background explains every exaggerated gag here.
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