The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap (1947) |
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| Director(s) | Charles Barton |
| Producer(s) | Robert Arthur |
| Top Genres | Comedy, Family, Western |
Featured Cast of The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap See More »
Bud Abbott
(as Duke Egan)
Lou Costello
(as Chester Wooley)
Marjorie Main
(as Widow Hawkins)
Glenn Strange
(as Lefty)
Edmund Cobb
(as Lem)
Frank Hagney
(as Barfly)
Charles King
(as Gunman)
The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap Overview:
The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap (1947) was a Comedy - Western Film directed by Charles Barton and produced by Robert Arthur.
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The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap Quotes:
Chester Wooley:
That wild goose chase of yours is going to lay an egg.
Chester Wooley:
We stop the stage, the bandits are waiting for the stage, and then you show up instead of the stage.
Duke Egan: That's pretty well-staged.
Duke Egan: That's pretty well-staged.
Chester Wooley:
Marriage is a three ring circus: the engagement ring, the wedding ring and suffering.
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Lee 'Lasses' White, who appears in the opening scene as the stagecoach shotgun rider, was dubbed in the film by Billy House, who appeared the same year in Universal's The Egg and I.
Lou Costello's father, a western-film buff, died during the production of this movie, and as a tribute Lou listed him in the credits as Associate Producer Sebastian Cristillo.
The film was originally written for James Stewart, but when he couldn't commit to it, it was refashioned for Bud Abbott and Lou Costello, with Costello playing the part intended for Stewart.
The story was based on an actual law in effect in Montana in the 1880s, which stated that a man who killed another man was responsible for the care and support of his victim's family.