Riding High

Synopsis

No relation to the 1950 Frank Capra film of the same name, the 1943 Technicolor musical Riding High is a by-the-numbers vehicle for Dorothy Lamour and Dick Powell. Lamour stars as Ann Castle, a former burlesque queen who heads westward to claim her father's silver mine. Powell plays mining engineer Steve Baird, who like Ann has a vested interest in the worked-out mine. With the help of genial counterfeiter Mortimer J. Slocum (Victor Moore), Steve and Ann are able to peddle mining stock, thus saving her from bankruptcy. The stockholders are in a lynching mood when it appears that they've been flim-flammed, but a last minute "miracle" saves the day. Featured in the cast are Paramount stalwarts Cass Daley and Gil Lamb, the former doing her quasi-Martha Raye act and the latter swallowing his harmonica for the millionth time. Production values are excellent and the songs are exuberantly performed; it's only in its hackneyed plot that Riding High slows to a clip-clop.

Main Cast

Dorothy Lamour

Ann Castle

Age : 81 | Popularity : 41%

Dick Powell

Steve Baird

Age : 58 | Popularity : 44%

Victor Moore

Mortimer J. Slocum

Age : 86 | Popularity : 22%

Gil Lamb

Bob 'Foggy' Day

Age : N/A | Popularity : 15%

Cass Daley

Tess Connors

Age : 59 | Popularity : 17%

Bill Goodwin

Chuck Steuart

Age : 47 | Popularity : 11%

Rod Cameron

Sam Welch

Age : 73 | Popularity : 71%

Glenn Langan

Jack Holbrook

Age : N/A | Popularity : 13%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Costume & Make-Up	Costume Design	Edith Head
	Makeup Artist	Wally Westmore
Writing	Writer	Art Arthur Walter DeLeon Arthur Phillips
Sound	Original Music Composer	Leo Shuken Charles Bradshaw Victor Young
	Sound Recordist	Loren L. Ryder
Editing	Editor	LeRoy Stone
Directing	Director	George Marshall
Art	Set Decoration	Stephen Seymour
	Art Direction	Ernst Fegté Hans Dreier
Production	Executive Producer	Buddy G. DeSylva
Camera	Director of Photography	Karl Struss Harry Hallenberger
Department	Role	Name

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