Annie Get Your Gun

1967 1h 30m EN

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★7.0TMDB · 1

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Synopsis

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This 1967 TV Movie featured the cast of the recent Lincoln Center and Broadway Revival of the classic musical. Starring Ethel Merman, who recreated her original 1946 role as sharp shooter Annie Oakley, the telecast co-starred Bruce Yarnell, Jerry Orbach and Benay Venuta. Running only 90 minutes and with no studio audience, this TV version was the most popular single musical special of the season for NBC. It raked in a total of 60 million viewers. The special retains a certain notoriety as a "lost" program. Seemingly the only surviving videotapes were erased at some point, with no copies found in the collections of Merman or composer Irving Berlin. A complete audio recording captured by a fan off the television can be sourced for listening online.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Ethel Merman
Annie Oakley
Bruce Yarnell
Frank Butler
Rufus Smith
Buffalo Bill Cody
Jerry Orbach
Charles Davenport
Benay Venuta
Dolly Tate
Harry Bellaver
Sitting Bull
Jack Dabdoub
Pawnee Bill
Wayne Hunter
Tommy Keller

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Clark Jones
Writers: Dorothy Fields, Herbert Fields
Languages: English

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RUNTIME

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90 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.

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ERA

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59 years old — a genuine piece of film history.

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3 / 7

RUNTIME

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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4 / 7

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Irving Berlin. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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CAST

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Ethel Merman and Bruce Yarnell and Rufus Smith carry the top of the cast.

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0185157 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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7 / 7

WILD

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Only 1 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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The take

Clark Jones directs. Irving Berlin scores. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Dialogue in English.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

190 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.
259 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
4Original score by Irving Berlin. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
5Ethel Merman and Bruce Yarnell and Rufus Smith carry the top of the cast.
6IMDB entry: tt0185157 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
7Only 1 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.