Movie

Buck Benny Rides Again

Released: May 31, 1940 (1940)

Runtime: 82 minutes

Genres: Comedy, Western

Radio star Jack Benny, intending to stay in New York for the summer, is forced by the needling of rival Fred Allen to prove his boasts about roughing it on his (fictitious) Nevada ranch. Meanwhile, singer Joan Cameron, whom Jack's fallen for and offended, is maneuvered by her sisters to the same Nevada town. Jack's losing battle to prove his manhood to Joan means broad slapstick burlesque of Western cliches.

Main Cast (Top 10 billed, oldest first)

Jack Benny as Jack Benny
Age at release: 46
Ward Bond as First Outlaw
Age at release: 37
Phil Harris as Phil Harris
Age at release: 35
Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson as Rochester
Age at release: 34
Andy Devine as Andy Devine
Age at release: 34
Theresa Harris as Josephine
Age at release: 33
Ellen Drew as Joan Cameron
Age at release: 24
Dennis Day as Dennis
Age at release: 24
Lillian Cornell as Peggy
Age at release: 23
Virginia Dale as Virginia
Age at release: 22

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James Burke as Taxi Driver
Age at release: 53
Jean De Briac as Waiter
Age at release: 48
Edgar Dearing as Police Officer
Age at release: 47
Fred Allen as Fred Allen (voice)
Age at release: 46
Eddy Chandler as Cowhand #1
Age at release: 46
Billy Bletcher as Last Porter
Age at release: 45
Morris Ankrum as Second Outlaw
Age at release: 43
Monte Collins as Bellboy
Age at release: 41
Don Wilson as Don Wilson
Age at release: 39
Charles Lane as Charlie Graham
Age at release: 35
George Bruggeman as Dancer
Age at release: 35
Mary Livingstone as Mary Livingstone (voice)
Age at release: 34
Eddie Acuff as Truck Driver
Age at release: 31
Kay Linaker as Brenda Tracy
Age at release: 26
George Barrows as Dancer
Age at release: 26
Sonny Chorre as Indian
Age at release: 25
Harry Baldwin as Bald Messenger
Age at release: Unknown
Bruce Cameron as Dancer
Age at release: Unknown
Dorothy Dayton as Minor Role
Age at release: Unknown
Jerome de Nuccio as Dancer
Age at release: Unknown