CURTAIN CALL AT CACTUS CREEK is a western-comedy-musical, typical of those highly entertaining, if not too cerebral, family oriented programmers that Universal International routinely churned out in the late 40s, early 50s. It was directed in workmanlike fashion by Charles Lamont who had originally manned some of the early Mack Sennett comedy shorts and helmed many of the low-brow but highly popular and profitable Ma and Pa Kettle and Abbott and Costello series.
An excellent cast keeps this western musical comedy rolling. The 5 main characters are all played by actors instantly recognizable by anyone with reasonable knowledge of '40s films and '50s TV.
This light-hearted comedy musical is a spoof of traveling theater companies in the wild west. Donald O'Connor stars as a do-it-all employee of the theater company who accidentally gets involved as an accessory to a bank robber (Walter Brennan).
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