Cheyenne Social Club | James Stewart, Henry Fonda | Stewart and Fonda at their comic best!

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Cheyenne Social Club

	Cheyenne Social Club James Stewart, Henry Fonda Warner Home Video, 1994 average customer review:based on 13 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

This 1970 film teams director Gene Kelly with two veteran Hollywood actors in a light romp about two over-the-hill cowboys who inherit a bordello. Henry Fonda and James Stewart dusted off their spurs to team up in this appealing if formulaic western comedy. The two Hollywood legends play aging cowpokes who seem to do nothing but get on each other's nerves as they travel aimlessly through the West. They finally hang their hats at a new home--Stewart's newly acquired bordello, presided over by Shirley Jones. Theirs is an uneasy alliance, as they set up shop and have to deal with the women and their needs. There are some light comic moments as director Gene Kelly keeps everything breezy, so that even the obligatory gunfight at the film's end isn't what one would expect. This is not a classic on the order of other Westerns featuring Stewart and Fonda, but a chance to see two old pros spoofing their own legendary careers and having some fun in the process. --Robert Lane

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Stewart and Fonda at their comic best!

The "Cheyenne Social Club" features two legendary actors who define Hollywood's portrayal of the American West. Texas cowboy O'Hanlon (Stewart) receives a letter from a lawyer in Cheyenne notifying him that his brother D.J. has passed away and that he has become the heir to his late brother's estate. He and his saddle-pal Harley Sullivan (Fonda) leave the Texas range and begin the 1000 mile ride to Wyoming.

The trip to Cheyenne provides the backdrop for a 1000 mile conversation by Sullivan, much to the bemused annoyance of the stoic O'Hanlon. Upon their arrival, O'Hanlon finds he has become "a man of property", and is now the proud owner of the legendary "Cheyenne Social Club." He is soon shocked to find his "property" is a notorious frontier bordello known and revered throughout the west. It is stocked with a bevy of frontier beauties and is being run by Shirley Jones who plays "Jenny", the cheery and lovely madam.

The townspeople rejoice upon meeting D.J's brother and shower O'Hanlon and Sullivan with unlimited hospitality and a wealth of perks-until the stuffy, prosaic O'Hanlon proposes closing the belove landmark and pokes a proverbial stick into Cheyenne's beehive-and from there the comedy of errors ensues.

The movie has everything a western could want: bawdy romance, bar-room brawls, gunfights, and the hilarious premise of a man like O'Hanlon who has almost nothing and needs to be careful of what he wishes for-he just might get it! And more than he bargained for in the process. The actors play their characters with a comfortable authenticity that makes "Cheyenne Social Club" an endearing tale of western humor and irony.

It also shows why Stewart and Fonda are Hollywood legends. They made a terrific "buddy" film 20 years before Hollywood invented it.

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Well, the other reviewers pretty much hit the nail on the head. Not the greatest Western of all time, but really good. One of my favorite Stewart/Fonda films. And it is FINALLY coming out on DVD later on this year. Can't wait.

THE CHEYENNE SOCIAL CLUB

Why this comedy/drama western..directed by the great song & dance man himself..Mr.Gene Kelly..was not on DVD..blows my mind.It was release by National General Cinema which is no longer around..some studio should pick up on it..like Paramount did for Warner Bros..John Wayne's Classics..HONDO..ISLAND IN THE SKY..ETC.Fonda & Stewart right from the GO..were GREAT..going from state to state while Fonda kept on talking away at poor Stewart.Their SUPER with each..they play off of each other just as they are..LEGENDS!!Yes..they were just like Robert Duvall & Tommy Lee Jones..from..'LONESOME DOVE..for sure.And also in WIDESCREEN.Somebody please pick up the ball on this LOVEABLE WESTERN.Thankyou---Jack

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