It’s the west at its best with rootin’, tootin’, shootin’ Cooper! Gary Cooper pulls double duty on the western spoof Along Came Jones, producing and starring as an easygoing cowpoke mistaken for a notorious outlaw with hilarious results. As the townsfolk dream of collecting a sizable bounty, the only people between Cooper and the target on his back are his cantankerous sidekick (William Demarest) and the local maiden (Loretta Young) for whom he’s head-over-heels but unaware is the sweetheart of the real bandit (Dan Duryea).
Ariel Schudson writes about Along Came Jones on the New Beverly blog.
