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The Second Time Around


Date: 1961
Type: Western / Comedy / Romance
Rating: 3 Stars 3/5
Colour: Yes
Director: Vincent Sherman
Producer: Jack Cummings

Comment/Synopsis

A widow from New York (Debbie Reynolds) travels to Arizona in 1911 where she gets a job as a ranch hand to an older woman (Thelma Ritter), has two men (Steve Forrest and Andy Griffith) vying for her affections and when she is the only person standing up to the corrupt sheriff (Ken Scott) ends up being elected as sheriff herself. The plot is quite silly in places, but is entertaining in places as well. Debbie Reynolds is good in the lead, if not really convincing as a wild west sheriff and good support from Thelma Ritter as the ranch owner and Juliet Prowse as the saloon dancer with feelings for one of the men.

Actors


Debbie ReynoldsDebbie Reynolds
Steve Forrest
Andy Griffith
Juliet Prowse
Thelma RitterThelma Ritter
Ken Scott
Isobel ElsomIsobel Elsom
Rudolph Acosta
TImothy Carey
Tom Greenway
Eleanor Audley
Marie BlakeBlossom Rock

Oscars

None
Production
Cummings-Harman Productions
Second Time Around