Rockin' in the Rockies
Seen it?1945 | 68 min | Western, Comedy
Monday Morning Maybeearly ratingWhy it’s a Monday Morning Maybe
With almost no lasting buzz and soft box office, this one could be a tough watch. Keep your phone handy.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- Right up the alley of anyone who wants a laugh and western fans. Low effort, high reward: just press play. Shelve it next to Blazing Saddles or The Ballad of Buster Scruggs.
- The mood
- Light and funny.
- The pace
- Zips along, at 1 hr 8 min. Short enough for a weeknight.
- What might put you off
- Made in 1945: an older pace and style.
- Skip it if you're after something serious tonight.
Rancher Rusty Williams is away at agricultural college and leaves his spread in the hands of his older cousin Shorty. Shorty wants to do more than run a ranch, however -- he wants to prospect for gold, but he has no money. He recruits a pair of partners in the guise of two runaway vagrants and a pair of backers in two stranded singers. But then Rusty shows up, and his four somewhat bumbling hired hands manage to compound Larry and Curly's deep ineptitude, and Rusty wants them all out of his hair.
How it earned its rating
- CriticsNot counted
Not enough reviews on record yet
- AudiencesNot counted
Not measured yet: not enough ratings
- AwardsNot counted
No major awards or nominations
- Reach & staying powerBelow par
Streaming release that reached a small audience so far; still draws a steady audience long after release
- Buzz & cultural impactWeak
About 6K people sought it out in the past year
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Cast & crew
Directed by Vernon Keays
- Moe HowardShorty Williams
- Larry FineLarry
- Curly HowardCurly
- Mary Beth HughesJune McGuire
- Ken TrietschHotshot Ken
- Paul TrietschHotshot Hezzie
- Charles WardHotshot Gabe
- Gil TaylorHotshot Gil
- Jay KirbyRusty Williams
- Gladys BlakeBetty Vale