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Two Guys From Texas (1948)

• Directors
  • David Butler
  • Friz Freleng(animation sequences)
  • Frank Tashlin(earlier cartoon clips)
• Writers
  • I.A.L. Diamond(screenplay)
  • Allen Boretz(screenplay)
  • Robert Sloane(play "Howdy Stranger")
• Stars
  • Dennis Morgan
  • Jack Carson
  • Dorothy Malone

  In this western-musical comedy, a remake of Cowboy from Brooklyn (1938), two vaudevillians find themselves stranded on a Texas dude ranch. Comic mayhem ensues as they cope with time in jail, a rodeo, and eventually love. They also help save the ranch from two greedy thugs trying to force the owners to sell. The story includes a Friz Freleng animated dream sequence featuring Bugs Bunny and caricatures of the two actors. Songs include: "Every Day I Love You Just a Little Bit More," "Hankerin'," "I Don't Care If It Rains All Night," "There's Music In the Land," and "I Wanna Be a Cowboy In the Movies" (Jule Styne, Sammy Cahn).