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01/08/1956 Comedy, Western 1h 32m
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She knows the ROPES and all the JOKES!

Overview

At the turn of the century Rose and ex-showbiz friend Molly get involved in selling steel. When they come unstuck with corsets they embark on the even more hazardous project of selling barbed wire to highly suspicious Texas cowboys.

  1. Arthur Lubin

    Director

  2. Devery Freeman

    Writer

  3. Stephen Longstreet

    Writer

Top billed cast

  1. Ginger Rogers

    Rose Gillray

  2. Barry Nelson

    Charles Masters

  3. Carol Channing

    Molly Wade

  4. David Brian

    James Carter

  5. James Arness

    Joel Kingdom

  6. Clint Eastwood

    Jack Rice

  7. Robert F. Simon

    Cal

  8. Frank Wilcox

    Duncan

  9. Dan White

    Sheriff

  10. View more

Full Cast & Crew

Reviews

A review by r96sk
Written by r96sk on 2022-01-09
Partly good, partly not so.

'The First Traveling Saleslady' is acted out well throughout by the likes of Ginger Rogers, Carol Channing and Barry Nelson, I have no issues with the main cast, but unfortunately the rest of the film is forgettable. The big negative, for me, is the humour which, pretty much entirely, is way more miss than hit - for example, but not limited to, the Native American 'jokes'.

Clint Eastwood's career is, at this point in time, on the peripheral of exploding, though this is only his second credited role - after 1955's 'Read All Reviews

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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

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