Take Me to Town

Take Me to Town (1953)

The Rip-Roarin' Hip-Swinging Saga of VERMILLION O'TOOLE! The Fun She had and the Men She Fooled!

Saloon entertainer Vermilion O'Toole and her former partner in crime Newt Cole escape from a train ride to prison and hide out in logging town Timberline. Meanwhile, the three sons of widower Will Hall come to town in search of a wife for their dad. Vermilion needs to lay low to escape the marshal, so she accepts the boys' offer to visit pioneer community Pine Grove. Once there, she annoys local Mrs. Grundys but eventually starts to fit in.

Date of release
1953-06-19
TMDB
6.5 / 10 (4)
Runtime
1h 21m
Genres
Western, Comedy
Director
Douglas Sirk

Casting

Interesting facts

Take Me to Town is a 1953 American comedy western film directed by Douglas Sirk and starring Ann Sheridan and Sterling Hayden.

Production

The film was Ross Hunter's first as a producer. The onetime actor was working as a teacher when Ann Sheridan suggested he turn to producing. He worked without salary at the Motion Picture Center to learn producing, then managed to set up the film Take Me to Town at Universal. Sheridan's normal price was $475,000 per film but she agreed to $100,000 to work with Hunter. "It was Annie who really gave me my first break," later recalled Hunter.

In 1960, Hunter was reportedly working on a Broadway version Vermillion. It was never made.

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