My Little Chickadee
1940 · Movie · NR · 83 min · ★ 6.5 · 88% critics
A flirtatious traveler heading west is swept into trouble after a stagecoach robbery and a scandalous kidnapping. In a rowdy frontier town, suspicion, a sham marriage, and a reluctant lawman set up a string of wisecracks, mix-ups, and comic Western chaos.
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Details
- Years
- 1940
- Release date
- 1940-02-09
- Language
- English
- Rated
- NR
- Runtime
- 83 min
- Critic score
- 88/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.5/10 (34 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you like classic comedies with playful innuendo, old-west hijinks, and larger-than-life stars, especially if Go West or The Bank Dick worked for you; Not for you if you want nonstop laughs or strong duo chemistry.
Pros: amusing one-liners; lively comic pairing; easygoing family fun | Cons: uneven chemistry; fewer big laughs; drags at times
Themes
- con man
- masked man
- bandit
- pretend marriage
Cast & crew
Mae West
as Flower Belle Lee
W.C. Fields
as Cuthbert J. Twillie
Joseph Calleia
as Jeff Badger
Dick Foran
as Wayne Carter
Ruth Donnelly
as Aunt Lou
Margaret Hamilton
as Mrs. Gideon
Donald Meek
as Amos Budge
Fuzzy Knight
as Cousin Zeb
Willard Robertson
as Uncle John
George Moran
as Milton, Twillie's Indian Confederate
Directed by Edward F. Cline