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Along Came Jones ()

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A good-natured saddle tramp traveling with his sidekick is mistaken for a ruthless outlaw with a price on his head.
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Melody Jones
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Cherry de Longpre
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George Fury
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Monte Jarrad
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Avery de Longpre
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Leo Gledhill
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Ira Waggoner
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Pop de Longpre
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Sheriff
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Luke Packard
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Kriendler
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Boone
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Townsman (uncredited)
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Bartender (uncredited)
Silver Tip Baker ...
Poker Player (uncredited)
Jack Baxley ...
Rancher on Street (uncredited)
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Posse Rider (uncredited)
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Small Man (uncredited)
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Old Barfly (uncredited)
Tommy Coats ...
Stagecoach Passenger (uncredited)
Frank Cordell ...
Stagecoach Guard (uncredited)
Lew Davis ...
Stagecoach Passenger (uncredited)
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Cotton (uncredited)
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Barfly (uncredited)
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Deputy (uncredited)
Art Fowler ...
Barfly Staring at Melody (uncredited)
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Barfly (uncredited)
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Townsman (uncredited)
Tom Herbert ...
Card Player (uncredited)
Herbert Heywood ...
Townsman (uncredited)
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Wagon Driver (uncredited)
Ralph Littlefield ...
Townsman (uncredited)
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Bearded Barfly (uncredited)
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Tall Barfly (uncredited)
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Store Proprietor (uncredited)
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Posse Rider (uncredited)
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Card Player (uncredited)
Douglas Morrow ...
Rifleman (uncredited)
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Card Player (uncredited)
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Sleeping Mexican (uncredited)
Lee Phelps ...
Jailkeeper (uncredited)
Ed Randolph ...
Stagecoach Passenger (uncredited)
Tony Roux ...
Old Mexican (uncredited)
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Barfly (uncredited)
Lane Watson ...
Town Character (uncredited)
Chalky Williams ...
Posse Rider (uncredited)
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Cowhand in Saloon (uncredited)

Directed by

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Stuart Heisler

Written by

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Nunnally Johnson ... (written by)
 
Alan Le May ... (novel "Useless Cowboy")

Produced by

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Gary Cooper ... producer
William Goetz ... executive producer (uncredited)
Walter Thompson ... associate producer

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Arthur Lange
Hugo Friedhofer ... (uncredited)
Charles Maxwell ... (uncredited)

Cinematography by

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Milton R. Krasner ... director of photography (as Milton Krasner)

Editing by

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Thomas Neff

Editorial Department

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Paul Weatherwax ... supervising editor

Art Direction by

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Wiard Ihnen

Set Decoration by

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Julia Heron

Costume Design by

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Walter Plunkett ... (uncredited)

Makeup Department

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Gustaf Norin ... makeup artist

Production Management

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James C. Pratt ... production manager (as James Pratt)
Ed Ebele ... production manager (uncredited)
Harold Schwartz ... unit manager (uncredited)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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Arthur S. Black Jr. ... assistant director (as Art Black)

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Dorothea Holt ... illustrator (uncredited)

Sound Department

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Arthur Johns ... sound
Fred Lau ... sound

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Harry Redmond Sr. ... special effects
Ray Binger ... special effects (uncredited)

Stunts

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Evelyn Finley ... stunt riding double: Loretta Young (uncredited)
Ted Mapes ... stunt double: Gary Cooper (uncredited)
Frank McCarroll ... stunts (uncredited)
Ed Randolph ... stunts (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department

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Harry Davis ... second camera operator (uncredited)
Donald Biddle Keyes ... still photographer (uncredited)

Music Department

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Robert Franklyn ... orchestrator (uncredited)
Vernon Leftwich ... orchestrator (uncredited)
Arthur Schoepp ... orchestrator (uncredited)
Clifford Vaughan ... orchestrator (uncredited)

Additional Crew

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Raymond Crossett ... story editor
John LeRoy ... publicist
Marshall Kester ... unit publicist (uncredited)

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Plot Summary

Riding into Payneville, easy-going cowboy Melody Jones is mistaken by the townsfolk for notorious gunman Monte Jarrad. The real Jarrad is hiding out wounded on the ranch of childhood sweetheart Cherry. She has the idea of sending Jones off to decoy the pursuing posse, but once he's met Cherry, Jones has other plans. Written by Jeremy Perkins {J-26}

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Taglines IT'S THE WEST AT ITS BEST! WITH ROOTIN'...TOOTIN'...SHOOTIN' COOPER! (original ad - all caps) See more »
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Also Known As
  • American Cowboy (United States)
  • Le grand Bill (France)
  • El caballero del Oeste (Spain)
  • Beş Tehlike (Turkey, Turkish title)
  • Banditen ohne Gnade (Austria)
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  • 90 min
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Trivia Loretta Young was pregnant with her son Christopher Lewis during shooting and was told by her doctor to take it easy because of all the horseback riding she had to do. See more »
Goofs When Cherry shoots Melody's hat, the bullet enters on the front up near the crown. As Melody walks away, no exit hole is seen anywhere, either in the top of the crown or out the back of the hat. See more »
Movie Connections Featured in John Wayne Made Me Cry: Our Western Heros (2002). See more »
Soundtracks Round and Round See more »
Quotes George Fury: Who is it?
Melody Jones: That used to be Packard, the Express Company fella.
George Fury: Well that cinched the duck! Now they got a corpus delicti!
Melody Jones: A what?
George Fury: A dead body! That's the way the law says it. Corpus delicti. Means that if they got a corpse, you're delicti! Before this, even if they hung ya, we could have proved it was a mistake.
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