| Red Garters | |
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 Film poster | |
| Directed by | George Marshall |
| Written by | Michael Fessier |
| Produced by | Pat Duggan |
| Starring | Rosemary Clooney Jack Carson Guy Mitchell |
| Cinematography | Arthur Arling |
| Edited by | Arthur P. Schmidt |
| Music by | Joseph J. Lilley |
| Color process | Technicolor |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
Release dates |
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Running time | 91 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $1.3 million[1] |
Red Garters is a 1954 Americanmusicalwestern film starringRosemary Clooney,Jack Carson,Guy Mitchell. It is a musical spoof ofWesterns. The director wasGeorge Marshall.
The film was nominated for anAcademy Award forBest Art Direction (Hal Pereira,Roland Anderson,Samuel M. Comer,Ray Moyer).[2]
It has been distributed on VHS, Laserdisc, and DVD.
A stranger in town meets pretty young Susan Martinez De La Cruz and accompanies her to a barbecue, where wealthy Jason Carberry is saying a few words for the recently departed Robin Randall, a citizen who got shot.
Jason objects to the stranger's presence, being Susan's guardian and protective of her. He challenges him to a shootout, but the stranger pulls his pistol before Jason's can even clear the holster. Calaveras Kate, a saloon singer who's in love with Jason, is relieved when the stranger declines to pull the trigger.
Rafael Moreno suddenly rides into town and picks a fight with the stranger. Their brawl continues until the arrival of Judge Wallace Wintrop and his niece, Sheila, who have come to town from back East and deplore all this random violence out West.
The stranger is recognized as Reb Randall, the dead man's brother. He is looking for the killer, who could be Rafael, or could be Jason, or could even be Billy Buckett, the coward of the county. The women hold their breath to see if the men they love will survive.
The songs were written byJay Livingston andRay Evans — a team that won three Academy Awards. The soundtrack on Columbia Records was released as a ten-inch Lp combining soundtrack recordings with studio re-creations conducted byPercy Faith andMitch Miller.[4]
Selections include:
After being out-of-print for more than 40 years, Collectables re-released the album on CD paired with Clooney's ten-inch album of songs fromWhite Christmas.