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The Second Time Around

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Lucretia Lu Rogers (Debbie Reynolds) is a brave woman who refuses to let tough times get her down. After her husband's death, she packs up her children and moves from New York City to Arizona, seeking a better life for her brood. Though she initially struggles with the cultural differences of frontier life, Lu soon adapts and is even made town sheriff. Now, she just has to choose between her two warring suitors: a wily gambler (Steve Forrest) and a burly rancher (Andy Griffith).
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s r @ScottR 02/26/2016 Witty cute film I watched in my childhood. It may have been a first where I saw a woman turning down the man you want her to marry. See more 08/16/2014 140822: Trying to discover what this style of western is called. It's very familiar and I've seen it called "light-hearted", I've seen it called a comedy. If it's a comedy, it's a soft comedy. The humour is there but it's light. There is a slap-stick like finale. Reminds me of the westerns from my youth. They're not violent action films like today. They're not crude. The word "quaint" comes to my. This film is enjoyable quaint and a bit fun. Well worth watching. Disney like, the 70s Disney I mean, not the Lone Ranger Disney. See more 11/14/2010 Cute comedy with Debbie as a widow out west trying to make a place for herself and bring her children to live and ending up as sherrif. Helped immeasureably as always by having the great Thelma Ritter in the cast. See more Read all reviews
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Vincent Sherman

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Debbie Reynolds

Lucretia "Lu" Rogers

Andy Griffith

Pat Collins

Steve Forrest

Dan Jones

Juliet Prowse

Rena Mitchell

Thelma Ritter

Aggie Gates
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Synopsis Lucretia Lu Rogers (Debbie Reynolds) is a brave woman who refuses to let tough times get her down. After her husband's death, she packs up her children and moves from New York City to Arizona, seeking a better life for her brood. Though she initially struggles with the cultural differences of frontier life, Lu soon adapts and is even made town sheriff. Now, she just has to choose between her two warring suitors: a wily gambler (Steve Forrest) and a burly rancher (Andy Griffith).
Director
Vincent Sherman
Producer
Jack Cummings
Production Co
Cummings-Harman Productions
Genre
Western, Comedy
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
Jul 1, 2011
Runtime
1h 39m
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