(The Roundup)

Content: Originally written as a stage vehicle for corpulent character actor Macklyn Arbuckle, Ernest Day's The Roundup was first filmed in 1920 with Fatty Arbuckle (no relation) in the lead. By the time the film was remade in 1941, Arbuckle's character, a roly-poly frontier sheriff named Slim (!), was refashioned as a supporting role, with Jack Benny's radio announcer Don Wilson essaying the part. The plot, however, remained fairly intact: Upon hearing that her fiance Greg (Preston Foster) has been killed, Janet (Patricia Morison) agrees to marry rancher Steve (Richard Dix) on the rebound. On the day of the wedding, who should show up but Greg, determined to raise as much Hell as humanly possible

Countries:

United States of America

Genres:

Western

Runtime:

90 minutes

Year:

1941

Directors:

Lesley Selander

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Production companies:

Paramount Pictures,

Harry Sherman Productions

Actors:

Steve Payson

Janet Allen (Payson)

Greg Lane

Sheriff 'Slim' Hoover

Polly Hope

Crews:

Director

Theatre Play

Screenplay