The Cowboy and the Blonde (1941)

Director
Ray McCarey

Main cast
George Montgomery; Mary Beth Hughes; Alan Mowbray; Robert Conway; John Miljan

Genres
Western, Comedy

Description
A western rodeo rider is cast in a starring role in a new Hollywood film, but his temperamental and spoiled leading lady proves difficult to tame.


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