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Users | 0.0 | |
Reviewer | 3.5 | |
Overall | 3.5 |
Two peanut vendors at a rodeo show get in trouble with their boss and hide out on a railroad train heading west. They get jobs as cowboys on a dude ranch, despite the fact that neither of them knows anything about cowboys, horses, or anything else.
Starring: Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Dick Foran, Anne Gwynne, Johnny Mack BrownComedy | 100% |
Musical | 44% |
Western | 9% |
Video codec: MPEG-4 AVC
Video resolution: 1080p
Aspect ratio: 1.35:1
Original aspect ratio: 1.37:1
English: DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0
English SDH
Blu-ray Disc
Single disc (1 BD)
Region A (B, C untested)
Movie | 3.5 | |
Video | 3.0 | |
Audio | 4.0 | |
Extras | 3.5 | |
Overall | 3.5 |
Western novelist Bronco Bob (Dick Foran) is no cowboy at all, with his city slicker origins threatened with exposure after an accident at a rodeo leaves cowgirl Anne (Anne Gwynne) injured. Trying to make it up to the young woman, Bob follows Anne to her family’s Arizona dude ranch, with hopes to receive an education on the ways of being a real cowboy. Hapless rodeo vendors, Willoughby (Lou Costello) and Duke (Bud Abbott) also make their way to the ranch, hoping to become part of the crew, but their dreams are challenged by a local Native American tribe, with the chief looking to marry his daughter to Willoughby after he accidentally shoots an arrow into her tepee.
The AVC encoded image (1.35:1 aspect ratio) presentation offers a rougher source, finding wear and tear carrying throughout the viewing event, with light scratches and speckling common. Delineation is acceptable. Detail comes through reasonably well, enjoying the differences in costuming, with western gear maintaining fibrous qualities. Locations are dimensional and occasionally packed with background performers, providing their activity with moderate clarity. Skin surfaces are softer, though sweaty antics are appreciable, along with makeup designs.
The 2.0 DTS-HD MA sound mix captures the essentials of the "Ride 'Em Cowboy" listening experience, though hiss is present throughout the track. Dialogue exchanges are satisfactory, identifying dramatic interplay and comedic exaggeration, with a few fuzzy highs found. Scoring is comfortable, with passable instrumentation. Musical numbers are appealing, with defined vocals. Sound effects support western mayhem, finding gunshots and runaway vehicles present.
"Ride 'Em Cowboy" has a few highlights, including the screen debut of Ella Fitzgerald, who pops up in a supporting role, also contributing a few numbers to sustain the musical mood. The movie certainly knows how to conclude as well, with the production mounting an incredible chase sequence that drives Willoughby and Duke all over the southland, while Bob delivers a bit of rough-and-ready cowboy action to satisfy genre fans.
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