Annie Get Your Gun

1950
Approved
1h 47m

IMDb RATING

6.9/10

5.4K

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Classic Musical Comedy Musical Romance Western

The story of the great sharpshooter Annie Oakley, who rose to fame while dealing with her love/professional rival, Frank Butler.The story of the great sharpshooter Annie Oakley, who rose to fame while dealing with her love/professional rival, Frank Butler.The story of the great sharpshooter Annie Oakley, who rose to fame while dealing with her love/professional rival, Frank Butler.

Directors
- George Sidney
- Busby Berkeley
Writers
Stars

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IMDb RATING

6.9/10

5.4K

YOUR RATING

POPULARITY

4,632

15,912

Directors
- George Sidney
- Busby Berkeley
Writers
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

Won 1 Oscar
- 5 wins & 6 nominations total

Minor Role
(uncredited)

Hal Bell

Dancer
(uncredited)

Evelyn Beresford

Queen Victoria
(uncredited)

Margaret Bert

Bit Role
(uncredited)

Norman Borine

Dancer
(uncredited)

Tex Brodus

Ball Guest
(uncredited)

Eleanor Brown

Minnie Oakley
(uncredited)

Archie Butler

Cowboy
(uncredited)

Directors
- George Sidney
- Busby Berkeley
Writers
All cast & crew
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Trivia
Louis Calhern replaced Frank Morgan in the role of Buffalo Bill Cody after Morgan died of a sudden heart attack shortly after filming began. In Buffalo Bill's very first appearance on his horse, Frank Morgan is visible a split second before the shot of Calhern.

Goofs
Right before the song "You Can't Get a Man With a Gun," Annie sits down on a bench and opens her mouth wide for her first note; then in a closer shot, she opens her mouth wide again, this time in sync with first note.

Quotes
Annie Oakley: [calling after Frank as he's walking away] Hey, mister...? Don't you like girls?
Frank Butler: [not comprehendeding the question] Well... sure!
Annie Oakley: [realizing it herself] I'm a girl.
Frank Butler: [laughing condescendingly as he walks away] That's fine.

Crazy credits
The film depicts true-life people, including Annie Oakley, Frank Butler, Buffalo Bill Cody, Pawnee Bill (AKA Gordon W. Lillie), and Sitting Bull, and is loosely based on true events. However, the opening credits claim that all characters are fictional and and any resemblance to persons living or dead is purely coincidental.

Alternate versions
There is an Italian edition of this film on DVD, distributed by DNA Srl: "LET'S DANCE (Torna Con Me, 1950) + ANNA PRENDI IL FUCILE (1950) - New Widescreen Edition" (2 Films on a double DVD, with "Annie Get Your Gun" in double version 1.33:1 and 1.78:1), re-edited with the contribution of film historian Riccardo Cusin. This version is also available for streaming on some platforms.

Connections
Featured in The Ed Sullivan Show: MGM's 30th Anniversary Tribute (1954)

Soundtracks
You Can't Get a Man with a Gun
Written by Irving Berlin
Performed by Betty Hutton

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Featured review

7/10

There are lots of haters of this film...

... many of them fans of Judy Garland, some of them fans of the actual characters in the film, insulted by how Annie Oakley is portrayed as a backwoods hick, how Frank Butler (Howard Keel) is turned into a jerk that the real Annie would have shot full of buckshot, and how Irving Berlin's music may be as toe-tapping as ever, yet his lyrics strip every bit of dignity, and intelligence from these two fascinating people and gives us whining stereotypes in their stead. Their feelings not mine.

Yes, the film is a bit over-produced in typical MGM fashion, but is generally very good. Too bad a few lovely tunes from the Broadway show were cut, as well as Betty Hutton's touching "Let's Go West Again" number. As much as I adore Judy Garland, Betty Hutton is fabulous as Annie and far more similar in temperament to original creator Ethel Merman than Judy could ever have been and especially by 1949-50. Annie was tailor made for Betty and her energy and talents. The film was a tremendous box office hit and MGM attempted but failed to buy Hutton's contract from Paramount, despite how she was treated on the set.