Pardners

Pardners

You'll Ride With 'Em! Shoot With 'Em! Laugh With 'Em! In The Biggest Bestest Funniest Most Musical Western Yet!

Directed by Norman Taurog

Produced by York Pictures Corporation

195688 min6.7 / 10

A lighthearted 1950s Western comedy about an unlikely partnership between a wealthy Eastern dude and a ranch foreman, built on warmth, humor, and the promise of redemption through friendship.

Rich momma's boy Wade Kingsley Jr. an Eastern dude, tries to follow in his murdered father's footsteps by returning to the West to partner up with Slim Moseley Jr.,the son of his father's former partner. Wade overcomes Slim's initial reluctance to accept him by using his fortune to buy a prize cow and new car to help Slim in his job as foreman on the Kingsley family ranch, currently under siege by a gang of outlaws called "masked raiders." Wade generously tries to pay off the ranch's mortgage with $15,000 of his own money, but unfortunately neither "pardner" realizes that respected banker Dan Hollis, the son of their fathers' murderer, is the leader of the gang.

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  • Does Pardners end with hope? Yes, very. More hopeful than 90% of films.

  • Is Pardners sad? Barely. Less sad than 89% of films.

  • Is Pardners easy watching? Yes. More comforting than 88% of films.

  • Is Pardners scary? Not especially. Less frightening than 65% of films.

  • Is Pardners violent? Not especially. Less violent than 62% of films.

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Rarity5

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Surprise76

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Love55

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Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

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