Along Came Jones (film)

Along Came Jones
Theatrical poster
Directed by	Stuart Heisler
Produced by	Gary Cooper Walter Thompson (assoc. producer)
Written by	Nunnally Johnson Alan Le May (novel)
Starring	Gary Cooper Loretta Young Dan Duryea William Demarest
Music by	Arthur Lange
Cinematography	Milton R. Krasner
Edited by	Thomas Neff
Distributed by	RKO Radio Pictures
Release dates	June 20, 1945 (1945-06-20) ( Premiere-Dallas) July 15, 1945 (1945-07-15) (U.S.)
Running time	90 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

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Cooper in Along Came Jones

Dan Duryea

Along Came Jones is a 1945 Western comedy film starring Gary Cooper, Loretta Young, William Demarest, and Dan Duryea, in which Cooper mercilessly spoofs his own slow-talking cowboy persona. The movie was adapted by Nunnally Johnson from the novel Useless Cowboy by Alan Le May, and directed by Stuart Heisler.

The film's ironic title probably inspired the popular 1959 Coasters song "Along Came Jones" written by Leiber and Stoller; songwriter Mike Stoller had studied orchestration under Arthur Lange, the composer of the film's score.

Much of the movie was shot at the widely filmed Iverson Movie Ranch in Chatsworth, Calif. This was the only feature film produced by Cooper during his long movie career, and he had roots at Iverson, having worked there in The Lives of a Bengal Lancer (1935) and other productions. Cooper had a Western town built at the movie ranch for Along Came Jones, which was then used in many other productions during the next 10-plus years and became a fixture in B-Westerns in particular.

Plot

Easygoing Melody Jones (Gary Cooper) and his friend George Fury (William Demarest) wander into a town. Jones is mistaken for a wanted bandit named Monte Jarrad (Dan Duryea), which causes him no end of trouble. Meanwhile, the real Jarrad is hiding out in the home of his girl, Cherry de Longpre (Loretta Young). At first, she tries to use the newcomer to distract the townsfolk, but as she gets to know Jones, her feelings start to change.

Cast

• Gary Cooper as Melody Jones
• Loretta Young as Cherry de Longpre
• William Demarest as George Fury
• Dan Duryea as Monte Jarrad
• Frank Sully as Avery de Longpre
• Don Costello as Leo Gledhill
• Walter Sande as Ira Waggoner
• Russell Simpson as Pop de Longpre
• Arthur Loft as Sheriff
• Willard Robertson as Luke Packard
• Ray Teal as Kriendler
• Lane Chandler as Boone

Radio adaptation

Along Came Jones was presented on This Is Hollywood December 28, 1946. Janet Blair and Joel McCrea starred in the adaptation.

External links

• Along Came Jones at Dan Duryea Central
• Along Came Jones at the American Film Institute Catalog
• Along Came Jones at the TCM Movie Database
• Along Came Jones at IMDb
• Along Came Jones at AllMovie
• Iverson Movie Ranch: History, vintage photos.