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1955 film by Charles Lamont

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Lay That Rifle Down

Directed by	Charles Lamont
Written by	Barry Shipman
Produced by	Sidney Picker
Starring	Judy Canova
Cinematography	John L. Russell
Edited by	Arthur Roberts
Music by	R. Dale Butts
Production company	Republic Pictures
Distributed by	Republic Pictures
Release date	July 7, 1955 (1955-07-07) (United States)
Running time	71 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Lay That Rifle Down is a 1955 American comedy film directed by Charles Lamont starring Judy Canova. It was the thirteenth and last in a series of Judy Canova films released by Republic Pictures.

Plot

Judy Canova works in a hotel for her domineering aunt. Her unscrupulous relatives try to blackmail and dupe her into selling her apparently worthless farm, having been led to believe that it has enormous potential value by a couple of confidence tricksters.

Cast

Judy Canova as Judy Canova
Robert Lowery as Nick Stokes, aka Poindexter March, III
Jil Jarmyn as Betty Greeb
Jacqueline deWit as Aunt Sarah Greeb
Richard Deacon as Glover Speckleton
Robert Burton as General Ballard
James Bell as Mr. Fetcher
Leon Tyler as Horace Speckleton
Tweeny Canova as Tweeny Greeb

Songs

Judy sings three songs in this movie:

The Continental Correspondence Charm School (silly)
Sleepy Serenade (a very soothing lullaby)
I'm Glad I Was Born on My Birthday (silly)

References

Hurst p.233

Bibliography

Hurst, Richard M. Republic Studios: Beyond Poverty Row and the Majors. Scarecrow Press, 2007.

External links

Lay That Rifle Down at IMDb

v t e Films directed by Charles Lamont
Tomorrow's Youth (1934) Sons of Steel (1934) The Curtain Falls (1934) A Shot in the Dark (1935) False Pretenses (1935) One Run Elmer (1935) The Dark Hour (1936) Below the Deadline (1936) Bulldog Edition (1936) August Weekend (1936) Wallaby Jim of the Islands (1937) International Crime (1938) Slander House (1938) Shadows Over Shanghai (1938) Cipher Bureau (1938) Long Shot (1939) Pride of the Navy (1939) Verbena Tragica (1939) Little Accident (1939) Oh Johnny, How You Can Love (1940) Sandy Is a Lady (1940) Love, Honor and Oh-Baby! (1940) Give Us Wings (1940) San Antonio Rose (1941) Road Agent (1941) Sing Another Chorus (1941) Moonlight in Hawaii (1941) Melody Lane (1941) Don't Get Personal (1942) Almost Married (1942) You're Telling Me (1942) Hi, Neighbor (1942) Get Hep to Love (1942) When Johnny Comes Marching Home (1942) It Comes Up Love (1943) Mister Big (1943) Hit the Ice (1943) Fired Wife (1943) Top Man (1943) Chip Off the Old Block (1944) Her Primitive Man (1944) The Merry Monahans (1944) Bowery to Broadway (1944) Salome, Where She Danced (1945) That's the Spirit (1945) Frontier Gal (1946) The Runaround (1946) Slave Girl (1947) The Untamed Breed (1948) Ma and Pa Kettle (1949) Bagdad (1949) Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town (1950) I Was a Shoplifter (1950) Curtain Call at Cactus Creek (1950) Abbott and Costello in the Foreign Legion (1950) Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man (1951) Comin' Round the Mountain (1951) Flame of Araby (1951) Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd (1952) Abbott and Costello Go to Mars (1953) Ma and Pa Kettle on Vacation (1953) Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1953) Ma and Pa Kettle at Home (1954) Ricochet Romance (1954) Untamed Heiress (1954) Carolina Cannonball (1955) Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops (1955) Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy (1955) Lay That Rifle Down (1955) The Kettles in the Ozarks (1956) Francis in the Haunted House (1956)

Films directed by Charles Lamont

Tomorrow's Youth (1934)
Sons of Steel (1934)
The Curtain Falls (1934)
A Shot in the Dark (1935)
False Pretenses (1935)
One Run Elmer (1935)
The Dark Hour (1936)
Below the Deadline (1936)
Bulldog Edition (1936)
August Weekend (1936)
Wallaby Jim of the Islands (1937)
International Crime (1938)
Slander House (1938)
Shadows Over Shanghai (1938)
Cipher Bureau (1938)
Long Shot (1939)
Pride of the Navy (1939)
Verbena Tragica (1939)
Little Accident (1939)
Oh Johnny, How You Can Love (1940)
Sandy Is a Lady (1940)
Love, Honor and Oh-Baby! (1940)
Give Us Wings (1940)
San Antonio Rose (1941)
Road Agent (1941)
Sing Another Chorus (1941)
Moonlight in Hawaii (1941)
Melody Lane (1941)
Don't Get Personal (1942)
Almost Married (1942)
You're Telling Me (1942)
Hi, Neighbor (1942)
Get Hep to Love (1942)
When Johnny Comes Marching Home (1942)
It Comes Up Love (1943)
Mister Big (1943)
Hit the Ice (1943)
Fired Wife (1943)
Top Man (1943)
Chip Off the Old Block (1944)
Her Primitive Man (1944)
The Merry Monahans (1944)
Bowery to Broadway (1944)
Salome, Where She Danced (1945)
That's the Spirit (1945)
Frontier Gal (1946)
The Runaround (1946)
Slave Girl (1947)
The Untamed Breed (1948)
Ma and Pa Kettle (1949)
Bagdad (1949)
Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town (1950)
I Was a Shoplifter (1950)
Curtain Call at Cactus Creek (1950)
Abbott and Costello in the Foreign Legion (1950)
Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man (1951)
Comin' Round the Mountain (1951)
Flame of Araby (1951)
Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd (1952)
Abbott and Costello Go to Mars (1953)
Ma and Pa Kettle on Vacation (1953)
Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1953)
Ma and Pa Kettle at Home (1954)
Ricochet Romance (1954)
Untamed Heiress (1954)
Carolina Cannonball (1955)
Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops (1955)
Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy (1955)
Lay That Rifle Down (1955)
The Kettles in the Ozarks (1956)
Francis in the Haunted House (1956)

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