High, Wide and Handsome

1937 NR 1h 50m 6.4

Pennsylvania, 1859. Railroad tycoon Brennan (Alan Hale) is muscling in on oil-drilling farmers, led by Peter Cortland (Randolph Scott). Cortland must try to save their oil business, while also saving his marriage to Sally (Irene Dunne).

The setting is a small town in Pennsylvania in 1858-9. Sally Watterson and her father have stopped in town with their traveling medicine show, but when their wagon catches fire, they find themselves stranded. They're taken in by Mrs. Cortlandt and her grandson, Peter, who is trying to set up a pipeline that will supply oil throughout the state. Sally and Peter soon fall in love and marry. Neither their marriage nor Peter's pipe dreams flow too smoothly.

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Info about High, Wide and Handsome

Studio(s): Paramount

Originally Released: Jul 21, 1937

Production Country: United States

Budget: $1,900,000.00

Genres: Western, Adventure, Music, Romance, Musical