''Down Missouri Way'' is a 1946 American musical film directed by Josef Berne and written by Sam Neuman. The film stars

Martha O'Driscoll Martha O'Driscoll (March 4, 1922 – November 3, 1998) was an American film actress from 1937 until 1947. She retired from the screen in 1947 after marrying her second husband, Arthur I. Appleton, president of Appleton Electric Company in Chic ...

John Carradine John Carradine ( ; born Richmond Reed Carradine; February 5, 1906 – November 27, 1988) was an American actor, considered one of the greatest character actors in American cinema. He was a member of Cecil B. DeMille's stock company and later ...

, Eddie Dean, William Wright,

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and Renee Godfrey. The film was released on August 15, 1946, by

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Plot

An agricultural professor and her scientifically-raised mule get caught up in a film shoot in the Ozarks farming community. The mule is featured in the film and the professor and producer fall for each other to the chagrin of the film's lead.

Cast

as Jane Colwell *

as Thorndyke 'Thorny' P. Dunning * Eddie Dean as Mortimer * William Wright as Mike Burton *

as Press Agent * Renee Godfrey as Gloria Baxter * Mabel Todd as Cindy *Eddie Craven as Sam *

Chester Clute Chester Lamont Clute (February 18, 1891 – April 2, 1956) was an American actor familiar in scores of Hollywood films from his debut in 1930. Diminutive, bald-pated with a bristling moustache, he appeared in mostly unbilled roles, consis ...

as Prof. Shaw * Will Wright as Prof. Morris * Paul Scardon as Prof. Lewis *

Earle Hodgins Earle Hodgins (October 6, 1893 – April 14, 1964) was an American actor. Career Early in his career, Hodgins was active in stock theater, including working in the Ralph Cloninger troupe of Salt Lake City, Utah, and the Siegel Stock compan ...

as Press Agent *The Tailor Maids as Singing Group *The Notables as Singing Group

References

External links

* 1946 films American musical comedy films 1946 musical comedy films Producers Releasing Corporation films Films set in Missouri Films shot in California American black-and-white films Films directed by Josef Berne 1940s English-language films 1940s American films English-language musical comedy films {{musical-film-stub