

The Cowboy and the Lady(1938)
"MERLE ropes Gary! GARY brands Merle!"
Overview
Mary Smith decides after a lifetime of being a shut-in to do something wild while her father is out campaigning for the presidency, so she takes off for the family's home in West Palm Beach and inadvertently becomes romantically entangled with earnest cowboy Stretch Willoughby. Neither the dalliance nor the cowboy fit with the upper class image projected by her esteemed father, forcing her to choose.
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Gary Cooper
Stretch Willoughby

Merle Oberon
Mary Smith

Patsy Kelly
Katie Callahan

Walter Brennan
Sugar

Fuzzy Knight
Buzz

Mabel Todd
Elly

Henry Kolker
Horace Smith

Harry Davenport
Uncle Hannibal Smith

Emma Dunn
Ma Hawkins

Walter Walker
Ames

Berton Churchill
Oliver Wendell Henderson

Charles Richman
Dillon

Frederick Vogeding
Captain

Iron Eyes Cody
Rodeo Indian (uncredited)

Hank Worden
Cowhand Leonard (uncredited)

Irving Bacon
Chester - Smith's Secretary (uncredited)
Danny Borzage
Musician (uncredited)

Franklyn Farnum
Cowboy (uncredited)

George Chandler
Reporter (uncredited)

Charles Coleman
Horace Smith's Butler (uncredited)

Eddie Acuff
Bus Driver (uncredited)

Murray Alper
Cowboy at Ranch (uncredited)
Silver Tip Baker
Rodeo Cowboy (uncredited)
Jack Baxley
Rodeo Rider (uncredited)
Chris Willow Bird
Party Guest (uncredited)

Ed Brady
Carpenter at Ranch (uncredited)

Steve Clemente
Knife Thrower (uncredited)
Mabel Colcord
Old Woman (uncredited)
James Conaty
Gambling House Patron (uncredited)
Edward Cooper
Smith's Servant (uncredited)
Curley Dresden
Man Washing (uncredited)

Sarah Edwards
Dinner Party Guest (uncredited)

Frank Ellis
Party Guest (uncredited)
Sam Garrett
Rider and Roper (uncredited)
William Gillis
Party Guest (uncredited)

Arthur Hoyt
Valet (uncredited)

Si Jenks
Cowboy at Rodeo (uncredited)
John Judd
Rodeo Rider (uncredited)

Ethan Laidlaw
Man in Rodeo Stands (uncredited)

Mike Lally
Croupier (uncredited)
Chief Many Treaties
Party Guest (uncredited)

Robert Middlemass
Newspaper Chief (uncredited)
Edmund Mortimer
Dinner Party Guest (uncredited)

Edgar Norton
Smith's Servant (uncredited)

Lee Phelps
Carpenter (uncredited)

Russ Powell
Rodeo Rider (uncredited)

Tom Ricketts
Old Man Sitting next to Mary at the Banquet Table (uncredited)

Syd Saylor
Cowboy at Ranch (uncredited)
Tom Smith
Party Guest (uncredited)

Emmett Vogan
Newspaper Editor (uncredited)

Ethel Wales
Dinner Party Guest (uncredited)

Blue Washington
Dock Worker (uncredited)

Billy Wayne
Rodeo Rider (uncredited)

Guy Wilkerson
Rodeo Cowboy (uncredited)

Harry Wilson
Man Shaving (uncredited)

Florence Wix
Dinner Party Guest (uncredited)

William Worthington
Dinner Party Guest (uncredited)

David Newell
Gambler (uncredited)
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