Take It Big

Take It Big

75 mins | Comedy, Romance, Music | June 9, 1944

Jack Haley plays Jack North, the nether end of a vaudeville horse act who inherits a western ranch. When he heads to the Great Outdoors to take possession, Jack winds up at the wrong place: a swanky dude ranch. He immediately begins running things, at it's quite a while before his error is discovered. By the time he shows up at his own ranch, he's up to his ears in unpaid debts-which naturally requires a fund-raising musical show as a bail-out. Harriet Hilliard handles the romantic portion of the proceedings, occasionally dueting with her real-life husband, bandleader Ozzie Nelson.

Take It Big

75 mins | Comedy, Romance, Music | June 9, 1944

Take It Big
Jack Haley plays Jack North, the nether end of a vaudeville horse act who inherits a western ranch. When he heads to the Great Outdoors to take possession, Jack winds up at the wrong place: a swanky dude ranch. He immediately begins running things, at it's quite a while before his error is discovered. By the time he shows up at his own ranch, he's up to his ears in unpaid debts-which naturally requires a fund-raising musical show as a bail-out. Harriet Hilliard handles the romantic portion of the proceedings, occasionally dueting with her real-life husband, bandleader Ozzie Nelson.
Producers Paramount, Pine-Thomas Productions
Original title Take It Big
Directors Frank McDonald
Writers Howard J. Green

Cast

Jack Haley

as Jack North

Harriet Nelson

as Jerry Clinton

Mary Beth Hughes

as Gaye Livingston

Richard Lane

as Eddie Hampton

Arline Judge

as Pert Martin

Fritz Feld

as Doctor Dittenhoffer

Lucile Gleason

as Sophie

Fuzzy Knight

as Cowboy Joe

Frank Forest

as Harvey Phillips

George Meeker

as John Hankinson

Ozzie Nelson

as Ozzie Nelson

Margia Dean

as Nightclub Girl (uncredited)

Evelyn Finley

as Violet Thompson (uncredited)

Byron Foulger

as Mr. Jones (uncredited)

Tom Kennedy

as Moving Man (uncredited)

Dewey Robinson

as Workman (uncredited)

Will Wright

as Rodeo Judge (uncredited)

Art Mix

as Cowboy (uncredited)