Moonlight and Cactus

Moonlight and Cactus

Moonlight and Cactus

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Moonlight and Cactus

"THE GALS HAVE TAKEN OVER THE OLD WEST WITH RHYTHM!"

1944

1h 0m

5.5(2 votes)

Western

Comedy

Music

Overview

The swinging Andrews Sisters provide the musical interludes and romance in this western. They play a trio of WW II era ranchers. That they are so good at running it proves terrible surprise for a ranch hand who has just returned home after serving in the Navy.

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Universal Pictures

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Cast & crew

10 featured cast members

Starring

Patty Andrews

Patty Andrews

Patty

Maxene Andrews

Maxene Andrews

Maxene

Laverne Andrews

Laverne Andrews

Laverne

Leo Carrillo

Leo Carrillo

Pasqualito Luigi

Elyse Knox

Elyse Knox

Louise Ferguson

Tom Seidel

Tom Seidel

Tom Garrison

Shemp Howard

Shemp Howard

Punchy Carter

Eddie Quillan

Eddie Quillan

Stubby Lamont

Murray Alper

Murray Alper

Slugger

Tom Kennedy

Tom Kennedy

Lucky

Creative team

Directed by: Edward F. Cline
Written by: Eugene Conrad
Paul Gerard Smith

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