Lay That Rifle Down

Lay That Rifle Down
Directed by	Charles Lamont
Produced by	Sidney Picker
Written by	Barry Shipman
Starring	Judy Canova Robert Lowery Jil Jarmyn Jacqueline deWit
Music by	Robert Dale Butts
Cinematography	John L. Russell
Edited by	Arthur Roberts
Production company	Republic Pictures
Distributed by	Republic Pictures (US) British Lion (UK)
Release dates	July 7, 1955 (1955-07-07)
Running time	71 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Lay That Rifle Down is a 1955 American comedy film directed by Charles Lamont and starring Judy Canova, Robert Lowery and Jil Jarmyn. It was the thirteenth and last in a series of Judy Canova films released by Republic Pictures.^[1]

Synopsis

Judy Canova works in a hotel for her domineering aunt. Her unscrupulous relatives try to blackmail and dupe her into selling her apparently worthless farm, having been led to believe that it has enormous potential value by a couple of confidence tricksters.

Main cast

Judy Canova as Judy Canova
Robert Lowery as Nick Stokes, aka Poindexter March, III
Jil Jarmyn as Betty Greeb
Jacqueline deWit as Aunt Sarah Greeb
Richard Deacon as Glover Speckleton
Robert Burton as General Ballard
James Bell as Mr. Fetcher
Leon Tyler as Horace Speckleton
Tweeny Canova as Tweeny Greeb

References

↑ Hurst p.233

Bibliography

Hurst, Richard M. Republic Studios: Beyond Poverty Row and the Majors. Scarecrow Press, 2007.

External links

Lay That Rifle Down at the Internet Movie Database

Films directed by Charles Lamont

Tomorrow's Youth (1934)
Sons of Steel (1934)
A Shot in the Dark (1935)
False Pretenses (1935)
The Dark Hour (1936)
Below the Deadline (1936)
Bulldog Edition (1936)
International Crime (1938)
Slander House (1938)
Shadows Over Shanghai (1938)
Cipher Bureau (1938)
Long Shot (1939)
Pride of the Navy (1939)
Verbena Tragica (1939)
Give Us Wings (1940)
San Antonio Rose (1941)
Sing Another Chorus (1941)
Moonlight in Hawaii (1941)
Don't Get Personal (1942)
Almost Married (1942)
Hi, Neighbor (1942)
Get Hep to Love (1942)
When Johnny Comes Marching Home (1942)
It Comes Up Love (1943)
Mister Big (1943)
Hit the Ice (1943)
Fired Wife (1943)
Top Man (1943)
Chip Off the Old Block (1944)
The Merry Monahans (1944)
Bowery to Broadway (1944)
Salome Where She Danced (1945)
Frontier Gal (1946)
Ma and Pa Kettle (1949)
Bagdad (1949)
Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town (1950)
I Was a Shoplifter (1950)
Curtain Call at Cactus Creek (1950)
Abbott and Costello in the Foreign Legion (1950)
Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man (1951)
Comin' Round the Mountain (1951)
Flame of Araby (1951)
Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd (1952)
Abbott and Costello Go to Mars (1953)
Ma and Pa Kettle on Vacation (1953)
Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1953)
Ma and Pa Kettle at Home (1954)
Untamed Heiress (1954)
Carolina Cannonball (1955)
Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops (1955)
Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy (1955)
Lay That Rifle Down (1955)
The Kettles in the Ozarks (1956)
Francis in the Haunted House (1956)

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