94 mins |
Rated
PG (Violence)
Directed by George Marshall
Starring James Stewart, Marlene Dietrich, Charles Winninger, Brian Donlevy, Mischa Auer, Una Merkel
Playing as part of our Fathers Day Western Double Feature alongside THE MAN WHO SHOT LIBERTY VALANCE (1962) and our Spotlight on Marlene Dietrich Film Festival.
'Marlene Dietrich (SHANGHAI EXPRESS) and James Stewart (VERTIGO) ride high in this superb comedic western, both a boisterous spoof and a shining example of the genre it is having fun with.
As the brawling, rough-and-tumble saloon singer Frenchy, Dietrich shed her exotic love-goddess image and launched a triumphant career comeback, while Stewart cemented his amiable everyman persona, in his first of many westerns, with a charming turn as a gun-abhorring deputy sheriff who uses his wits to bring law and order to the frontier town of Bottleneck.
A sparkling script, a supporting cast of virtuoso character actors, and rollicking musical numbers — delivered with unmatched bravado by the magnetic Dietrich — come together to create an irresistible, oft-imitated marvel of studio-era craftsmanship.'
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Playing as part of our Fathers Day Western Double Feature alongside THE MAN WHO SHOT LIBERTY VALANCE (1962) and our Spotlight on Marlene Dietrich Film Festival.
'Marlene Dietrich (SHANGHAI EXPRESS) and James Stewart (VERTIGO) ride high in this superb comedic western, both a boisterous spoof and a shining example of the genre it is having fun with.
As the brawling, rough-and-tumble saloon singer Frenchy, Dietrich shed her exotic love-goddess image and launched a triumphant career comeback, while Stewart cemented his amiable everyman persona, in his first of many westerns, with a charming turn as a gun-abhorring deputy sheriff who uses his wits to bring law and order to the frontier town of Bottleneck.
A sparkling script, a supporting cast of virtuoso character actors, and rollicking musical numbers — delivered with unmatched bravado by the magnetic Dietrich — come together to create an irresistible, oft-imitated marvel of studio-era craftsmanship.'