The Cheyenne Social Club

1970
PG
1h 43m

IMDb RATING

6.8/10

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Henry Fonda, James Stewart, Sharon DeBord, Elaine Devry, Shirley Jones, Jackie Joseph, Sue Ane Langdon, Jackie Russell, and Jean Willes in The Cheyenne Social Club (1970)

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An aging cowboy finds to his embarrassment that the successful business he has inherited from his brother is actually a house of prostitution.An aging cowboy finds to his embarrassment that the successful business he has inherited from his brother is actually a house of prostitution.An aging cowboy finds to his embarrassment that the successful business he has inherited from his brother is actually a house of prostitution.

Director
- Gene Kelly
Writers
- James Lee Barrett
- Davis Grubb
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IMDb RATING

6.8/10

5.2K

YOUR RATING

Director
- Gene Kelly
Writers
- James Lee Barrett
- Davis Grubb
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 1 nomination

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Trivia
James Stewart agreed to do the film and suggested casting his friend Henry Fonda as Harley Sullivan. Fonda agreed to do it if his role was beefed up, so James Lee Barrett came up with Harley's non-stop jabbering in the opening credit sequence. It's especially ironic because in reality Henry Fonda is by far the more quiet and taciturn of the two friends.

Goofs
There are no mountains in the immediate vicinity of Cheyenne, Wyoming.

Quotes
John O'Hanlan: How much money do you want, Harley?
Harley Sullivan: Fifteen or twenty dollars ought to do me.
John O'Hanlan: What do you need it for?
Harley Sullivan: Things.
John O'Hanlan: Well, what kind of things?
Harley Sullivan: Just-just things. You know, like a drink of whiskey if I wanted it, or a new shirt or something.
John O'Hanlan: You already have two shirts. You don't want to wear but one of them at a time unless it's winter.
Harley Sullivan: There you go thinking like a Republican again.
John O'Hanlan: Well, you don't bring up politics while you're borrowing money, Harley. It ain't seemly!

Connections
Edited into La classe américaine (1993)

Soundtracks
Rolling Stone
Music and Lyrics by Walter Scharf, Al Kasha and Joel Hirschhorn
Performed by Henry Fonda (uncredited)

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9/10

Great Western Comedy

This is a great comedy western without being stupid satire and is nothing like Blazing Saddles by Mel Brooks. I personally hate satire on a high level. This is a hilarious movie with a great cast of characters. I first saw this movie when I was very young. But to ensure before I rated that I didn't remember this movie as funny just because I was a kid. I recently viewed it again. I am 44 and thing it is hilarious. I enjoy mostly serious westerns but also love comedic westerns when they are done well. Other good movies are Maverick, Support Your Local Sheriff, Support Your Local Gunfighter and John Wayne's "McClintock". So if you don't like any westerns that have comedy then this will not be for you. Perhaps you just go more for gritty reality such as Tombstone, Wyatt Earp, Unforgiven or classics such as True Grit and The Outlaw Josey Wales. But if you enjoy a laugh without being stupid satire you will like this movie. I am assuming that is why the reviews that have been written were mostly negative.