The Second Time Around

Rather sweet comedy western
In 1911 New York, a young widow (Debbie Reynolds) with two children heads west to Arizona to start a new life. But upon arrival, she finds the man who promised her a job dead, murdered in a hold up, and the town run by a corrupt sheriff (Ken Scott) and a gambler (Steve Forrest) and the only work she can find is as a ranch hand to an eccentric female rancher (a restrained Thelma Ritter). Directed by the veteran director Vincent Sherman (MR. SKEFFINGTON), this lightweight western comedy is a typical western romp. Two brawls, one in an ice cream shop and the other in a saloon, and Reynolds a fish out of water city slicker taking more than a few pratfalls in the mud, at times she seems to be rehearsing for her Molly Brown character which would come three years later. It's rather sweet really without getting sticky. The popular and Oscar nominated standard THE SECOND TIME AROUND comes the film though in the print I saw, the song is not sung but used, without lyrics, as part of the...

Steve Forrest is eye candy in this one!
I stumbled across this movie years ago on TV, and I loved it! Steve Forrest is so handsome as the local gambler/saloon owner who irritates Debbie Reynolds until she falls for him. He later starred in the TV series about the SWAT team. Andy Griffith is great, as usual, and this is a very fun movie to watch. I am going to order one to show to my daughter. She loves comedy romances, and this fits the bill.

Debbie Reynolds comedy, western
When a young widow (Reynolds) leaves a pampered life in New York for a job in the untamed west, she is unprepared for the challange. With determination and without experience, she hires on as the only ranch hand for a crusty old woman rancher (Thelma Ritter). Standing up to the town's crooked sheriff, the people of the community elect her to the office of sheriff. If the job isn't challange enough, the former sheriff and his deputies have threatened revenge against her and the town's people and two handsome men are doing what they can to woo and protect her. An enjoyable comedy with a great cast - a perfect venue for Debbie Reynolds.

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