Along Came Jones (film)

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Along Came Jones
Theatrical poster to Along Came Jones (1945)
Directed by	Stuart Heisler
Produced by	Gary Cooper Walter Thompson (assoc. producer)
Written by	Nunnally Johnson Alan Le May (novel)
Starring	Gary Cooper Loretta Young Dan Duryea William Demarest
Music by	Arthur Lange
Cinematography	Milton R. Krasner
Editing by	Thomas Neff
Distributed by	RKO Radio Pictures
Release date(s)	July 19, 1945
Running time	90 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
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Along Came Jones is a 1945 western comedy film starring Gary Cooper, Loretta Young, William Demarest, and Dan Duryea, in which Cooper mercilessly spoofs his own slow-talking cowboy persona. The movie was adapted by Nunnally Johnson from the novel Useless Cowboy by Alan Le May, and directed by Stuart Heisler. The film probably inspired the popular 1960s Coasters song "Along Came Jones".^{[citation needed]}

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Easygoing Melody Jones (Gary Cooper) and his friend George Fury (William Demarest) wander into a town. Jones is mistaken for a wanted bandit named Monte Jarrad (Dan Duryea), which causes him no end of trouble. Meanwhile, the real Jarrad is hiding out in the home of his girl, Cherry de Longpre (Loretta Young). At first, she tries to use the newcomer to distract the townsfolk, but as she gets to know Jones, her feelings start to change.