Pardners

1956 88 min ★ 6.7 Comedy, Western

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.

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Cast

Dean Martin

Slim Mosely Jr. / Slim Mosely Sr.

Jerry Lewis

Wade Kingsley Jr. / Wade Kingsley Sr.

Lori Nelson

Carol Kingsley

Jeff Morrow

Pete Rio

Lon Chaney Jr.

Whitey

Lee Van Cleef

Gus

Jack Elam

Pete

John Baragrey

Dan Hollis / Sam Hollis

Agnes Moorehead

Mrs. Matilda Kingsley

Milton Frome

Hawkins, the Butler

Details

Director

Norman Taurog

Screenplay

Sidney Sheldon

Tagline

"You'll Ride With 'Em! Shoot With 'Em! Laugh With 'Em! In The Biggest Bestest Funniest Most Musical Western Yet!"

Status

Released

Original Language

EN

Production

York Pictures Corporation

Reviews

J

John Chard

June 24, 2017

★ 7/10

Almost a buckskin beauty. Pardners is the 15th of the 16 feature length pictures that Dean Martin & Jerry Lewis made together. It'a a reworking of the 1936 Bing Crosby film, Rhythm On The Range, which just like this remake was directed by Norman Taurog. Plot sees the comedy duo playing sons of one time wild west partners. Brought together by accident 25 years later, the boys head out west and g...