A Lady Takes a Chance

A city girl on a bus tour of the West encounters a handsome rodeo cowboy who helps her forget her city suitors.

Cast

Jean Arthur

as Molly J. Truesdale

John Wayne

as Duke Hudkins

Phil Silvers

as Smiley Lambert

Charles Winninger

as Waco

Mary Field

as Florrie Bendix

Don Costello

as Drunk

John Philliber

as Storekeeper

Grady Sutton

as Malcolm Scott

Jean Stevens

as 'Jitterbug' (as Peggy Carroll)

Grant Withers

as Bob Hastings

Reviews

CinemaSerf

A more unlikely couple you will struggle to see as Jean Arthur and John Wayne pair up in this rather fun comedy romance with spurs. Mollie is on a grand bus tour of the US until a stop in Oregon where she gets floored (literally) by a freshly bucked, handsome rodeo performer (Wayne) and off we go. T...

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