Annie Get Your Gun

Movie Review: Annie Get Your Gun (*** out of 4 stars)

Year of Release: 1950

Country of Origin: USA

Director: George Sidney

Cast: Betty Hutton, Howard Keel, Louis Calhern

Plot outline: The story of the great sharpshooter, Annie Oakley, who rises to fame while dealing with her love/professional rival, Frank Butler (IMDb).

The story (***)

How the story unfolds (*** The movie is buoyed nicely by the great songs by Irving Berlin--including "There's No Business Like Show Business" and "Anything You Can Do I Can Do Better"--, a clever script, crisp Technicolor cinematography, and Betty Hutton's spirited performance.)

The characters (**1/2)

The acting (*** Hutton never lets go of her character's hillbilly roots, making it hard to imagine Judy Garland having done better by the role.)

Ironically Annie’s skill breaks through the male chauvinism, but she has to take second place to win a husband.

Overall rating *** out of 4 stars