Texas Carnival

Texas CarnivalEsther Williams dazzles the eye and Red Skelton tickles the funny bone in Texas Carnival, a rootin' tootin' musical "done in such a grand, breezy manner that even Texans are apt to give it a hearty backslap of approval" (Los Angeles Examiner). The two play a down and out carnival sideshow team mistaken for a pair of multimillionaires at a swank Texas resort hotel a perfect plot for Miss Williams to display both her fine sense of comedy and gorgeous,

When Trace Jordan (Hunter) discovers his brother dead--shot in the back--Jordan's devotes himself to a quest for revenge against the ruthless cattle baron who murdered his brother

Highlights such as Armstrong's henchmen trying to lasso Joe cowpoke style

Linda Evans and Merlin Olsen are also in the cast

then split the fat payday with his men

They would make 11 films together

quiet Ohio town and forever changes the lives he touches

funny script by Tad Mosel (Up the Down Staircase) and top-notch stars under the direction of Academy Award® winner* Delbert Mann (Marty)

In addition to its pre-Code costumes and situations

" a tune she reprised to the audience's cheers in her legendary 1961 concert at Carnegie Hall

Revenue Agent Frank Long knows that good ol' boy Son Martin has brewed up barrels and barrels of premium corn liquor

Tough detectives

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