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A Lady Takes a Chance   1943         N/R, 86 min. Genre: Comedy / Western / Romance aka: The Cowboy and the Girl Director: William A. Seiter   Cast: Jean Arthur, John Wayne, Charles Winninger, Phil Silvers, Hans Conried, Mary Field, Don Costello, Grady Sutton, Grant Withers, Eddy Waller, John Philliber, Jean Stevens, Ariel Heath, Tom Fadden, Joan Blair   Mollie Truesdale (Jean Arthur) takes a break from her job in New York and goes on vacation in the West. She takes in a rodeo, and handsome cowboy Duke Hudkins (John Wayne) gets hurled into her lap by a bucking bronco. After the rodeo, Mollie misses her bus and is stranded. She shares a hotel room with Duke and his sidekick Waco (Charles Winninger) and falls in love with Duke. When Duke teaches Mollie frontier activities and tries to get her drunk, Mollie becomes upset and leaves. She heads back to New York, but Duke now realizes that he has fallen for Mollie and follows her to tell her that he loves her. Cast Jean Arthur Molly J. Truesdale John Wayne Duke Hudkins Charles Winninger Waco Phil Silvers Smiley Lambert Hans Conried Gregg Stone Mary Field Florrie Bendix Don Costello Drunk Grady Sutton Malcolm Scott Grant Withers Bob Hastings Eddy Waller Bus Station Attendant John Philliber Storekeeper Jean Stevens "Jitterbug" Ariel Heath Flossie Tom Fadden Mullen Joan Blair Lilly