Timid small town grocery clerk Merton Gill (Stuart Erwin) has one dream. He wants to be a cowboy movie star and heads out to Hollywood. Actress 'Flips' Montague (Joan Blondell) gives him a chance, but he's bad. They decide to make a western parody movie without telling him that it's a parody. He thinks that it's a serious western.
It's an interesting premise, but this movie isn't actually funny. It's rather sad. Merton is too pathetic to be funny. He's playing the country bumpkin without the humor. While it's not a comedy, it is an interesting story. It could have tried for a black comedy, but I feel too sad for Merton.
It's an interesting premise, but this movie isn't actually funny. It's rather sad. Merton is too pathetic to be funny. He's playing the country bumpkin without the humor. While it's not a comedy, it is an interesting story. It could have tried for a black comedy, but I feel too sad for Merton.