Annie Get Your Gun

"Biggest musical under the sun!"

1950 1h 47m EN

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6.7

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★6.7TMDB · 88

ComedyWesternRomance

Synopsis

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Gunslinger Annie Oakley romances fellow sharpshooter Frank Butler as they travel with Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.

“Biggest musical under the sun!”

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Cast

Betty Hutton
Annie Oakley
Howard Keel
Frank Butler
Louis Calhern
Col. Buffalo Bill Cody
J. Carrol Naish
Chief Sitting Bull
Edward Arnold
Pawnee Bill
Keenan Wynn
Charlie Davenport
Benay Venuta
Dolly Tate
Clinton Sundberg
Foster Wilson

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: George Sidney
Writers: Sidney Sheldon
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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MONEY

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Shot for just $3.8M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.

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ERA

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76 years old — a genuine piece of film history.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by George Sidney, shot by Charles Rosher. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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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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DIRECTOR

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Editor James E. Newcom shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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CAST

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Betty Hutton and Howard Keel and Louis Calhern carry the top of the cast.

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FACT

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Marketing tagline: "Biggest musical under the sun!".

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0042200 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

George Sidney directs. Charles Rosher behind the camera. Irving Berlin scores. James E. Newcom cuts. Profitable at the box office. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Shot for just $3.8M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.
276 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
3Directed by George Sidney, shot by Charles Rosher. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
4Original score by Irving Berlin. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
5Editor James E. Newcom shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
6Betty Hutton and Howard Keel and Louis Calhern carry the top of the cast.
7Marketing tagline: "Biggest musical under the sun!".
8IMDB entry: tt0042200 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
9Only 88 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

The technical file

Cinematography: Charles Rosher
Original score: Irving Berlin
Editing: James E. Newcom
Costume design: Helen Rose
Makeup / hair: Jack Dawn
Runtime: 107 min · 1h 47m
Status: Released
Budget: $3,768,785
Box office: $8,000,000
Return: 212% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): NR
IMDB: Annie Get Your Gun (1950)

Awards

Academy Award for Best Original Musical Score

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George Sidney

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Community reviews

What people are saying

John Chard2017-02-09
★ 8/10
Annie get your gun, your man and lift the ceiling off of those rafters. Out of MGM, Annie Get Your Gun is primarily directed by George Sidney and adapted for the screen by Sidney Sheldon from the book written by Dorothy & Herbert Fields. It stars Betty Hutton, Howard Keel, Benay Venuta, Louis Calhern & J. Carrol Naish. Music is by Irving Berlin and photography is by Charles Rosher. It is a Technicolor production. It's loosely based on the life of sharpshooting Annie Oakley and this film production comes after the immense success of the stage play that began its run in 1946. Plot sees Hutton as Annie Oakley, a simple backwoods kinda girl, who after beating famed sharpshooter Frank Butler (Keel) in a contest, goes on to be world famous. But with fame comes tribulations, not least is that she has a thing for Frank. Ebullient and colorful musical that asks you to leave history at the door and just enjoy the ride. The film famously had a troubled production, Judy Garland (Annie) had to leave due to ill health, Frank Morgan (Buffalo Bill) passed away and George Sidney was the third director to work on the film after Busby Berkeley and Charles Walters had left the lot. Even after the new cast and team reconvened there was bad feeling on set, with most of it aimed towards Hutton purely because she had replaced Garland. Post the film's major success, a dispute between MGM and Irving Berlin meant the film was pulled from circulation in 1973 and wasn't seen again till 2000. Thankfully since then a whole new era of musical fans can now enjoy, along with the older supporters, this marvellous piece of entertainment. With show stopping tunes like "Doin' What Comes Natur'lly", "You Can't Get a Man With a Gun", "There's No Business Like Show Business" and "Anything you Can Do" bursting out from the screen like rays of sunshine, it's film to light up the darkest of days when you're feeling blue. Oh and for the record, Hutton is an absolute delight, attacking the lead role with a zest that belies the bad time she was getting off camera. Great comic timing, too. 8/10

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