Saturday, January 7, 2012

Mail Order Bride (1964)


MGM
Directed by Burt Kennedy
My rating: 2 stars out of 4
IMDb
(DVD, Warner Archive Collection)
(Turner Classic Movies)

Contrived comedy-western with Buddy Ebsen playing matchmaker to Keir Dullea and Lois Nettleton in Montana. Ebsen is fine if subdued in his role as the reluctant caretaker of the son of a dead friend. Dullea, however, is out of his element here as a rambunctious cowpoke: he is loud, annoying, never funny and has zero chemistry with the mail order bride Nettleton, even after they are supposed to fall in love. Beaver Cleaver's kid brother is the cute kid.

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