Your dad wants rodeo glory more than your diploma — and somehow YOU'RE the disappointment?
The story of Andy Bryant, a University of Arizona student whose grades suffer because of his preoccupation with an upcoming intercollegiate rodeo. Andy's father is more interested in embarrassing a rival at the rodeo than he is with his son's academic progress. When his lack of focus nearly causes a tragic accident in the university chemistry lab, Andy decides to hunker down and study.
Practical Effects
Genuine 1949 University of Arizona rodeo footage, no faking Tucson.
Costume
Academic robes meet cowboy boots — the ultimate sartorial crisis.
Director
William F. Claxton
Jimmy Lydon
Andy Bryant
Penny Edwards
Laurie Sherman
Charles Russell
Gregg Johnson
Joe Sawyer
Tod Bryant
Walter Sande
George Reeves
Lyn Wilde
Gertie Peck
Marcia Mae Jones
Polly Johnson
John Ridgely
Ben
Grandon Rhodes
Dean Sherman
Gil Stratton
Jerry Twill
Harry Lauter
George Reeves Jr.
Byron Foulger
Elkins (uncredited)
Mary Gordon
Housemother (uncredited)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was part of a 1940s wave of 'college westerns' mixing GI Bill optimism with frontier nostalgia.
Jimmy Lydon had just finished playing Henry Aldrich in a decade-long radio series — this was his awkward transition to adult roles.
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