Duchess of Idaho

(1950)

Comedy / Musical / Romance

98 minutes

Directed by Robert Z. Leonard

Cast:

Esther Williams as Christine Duncan

Van Johnson as Dick Layne

John Lund as Douglas J. Morrison Jr.

Paula Raymond as Ellen Hallit

Mel Tormé as Cyril

Clinton Sundberg as Matson

Connie Haines as Peggy Elliot

Amanda Blake as Linda Kinston

Tommy Farrell as Chuck

Sig Arno as M. Le Blanche

Dick Simmons as Alec J. Collins

Red Skelton as Master of Ceremonies

Cameo appearances by Lena Horne, Eleanor Powell, and The Jubalaires

Ellen Hallit’s roommate, Chris, helps her to get the man she is in love with, her boss Douglas Morrison.  Chris follows Morrison on a trip to Sun Valley, Idaho where she plays an overbearing woman in order for him to ask for Ellen.  Problems arise when bandleader Dick Layne becomes attracted to her, leaving her stuck between two men.  

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