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The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend

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The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend
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1hr 17min
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1949
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Synopsis: Preston Sturges' final American film was generally conceded to be a disaster in 1949; even star Betty Grable publicly bad-mouthed the finished product. When seen today, Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend, while no classic, seems a lot better than it did five decades ago. Grable plays a western dancehall girl named Freddie, who is forced to take it on the lam after accidentally shooting a judge (she'd been aiming at her faithless boyfriend Blackie Jobero, played by Cesar Romero). Arriving in the tiny ... Full Synopsis
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Deserving of a better place in the history books than it receives, The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend is no great piece of cinematic filmmaking, but it is a generally engaging way to pass a little time in an undemanding way. Part of the problem people have with Blonde is that they come to expecting -- justifiably, because of Preston Sturges' other films -- to be entertained in an intelligent, inventive ... Full Review
Featured Cast
Freddie Jones/ Hilda Swandumper
Blackie Jobero
Charles Hingleman
Conchita
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