Lay That Rifle Down

(1955)

71 minutes.

Film / Comedy / Musical

Directed by Charles Lamont

Cast: Judy Canova, Robert Lowery and Jil Jarmyn

In this musical comedy, a young woman endures the drudgery of working as a charwoman in her aunt's hotel. She is not paid much for her hard work. To make her drab existence a little more exciting, she enrolls in a correspondence charm course, which unbeknownst to her is a scam. Soon the swindlers show up and plan to use her to help them con her aunt and a bank president out of their money. When one of the con men sees the good-hearted girl working with the orphans on her family farm, he has a sudden change of heart. Her life takes a sudden turn for the better when oil is discovered under her farm. Suddenly the drab little drudge finds herself living like a duchess.