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Honky Tonk is a american film of genre Drama directed by Jack Conway released in USA on 1 october 1941 with Clark Gable
Honky Tonk (1941)
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Add to a movie listHonky Tonk is a 1941 black-and-white western film starring Clark Gable and Lana Turner.
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Con man "Candy" Johnson (Clark Gable) and his friend "Sniper" (Chill Wills) flee town using quick wits and magic tricks. They catch a train to Yellow Creek, Nevada, where a gold rush is in progress. Aboard, he meets Elizabeth Cotton (Lana Turner); she takes an instant dislike to him. When they arrive, Candy is amused to discover she is the daughter of "Judge" Cotton (Frank Morgan), an old acquaintance of his. Elizabeth is unaware of her father's crooked past and present.Actors
Clark Gable
('Candy' Johnson)
Lana Turner
(Elizabeth Cotton)
Claire Trevor
("Gold Dust" Nelson)
Frank Morgan
(Judge Cotton)
Marjorie Main
(Mrs. Varner)
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