As likable as a good old fashioned log roll, this outdoor adventure yarn of human Smokey the Bears is fun from start to finish, featuring a cast to die for. Fred MacMurray is a forest ranger investigating a series of obvious arson related forest fires who married socialite childhood sweetheart Paulette Goddard in spite of the fact that his colleagues believes that he's going to get hitched to his tomboy boss "Butch" (Susan Hayward). The jilted Hayward isn't pleased at all, arranging for the three of them to spend the honeymoon night "bundling" (using body heat to keep warm outdoors) after a minor car mishap arranged by her. But Hayward shouldn't underestimate her big city rival, especially when the three of them do accidentally get caught on a long roll.
Mixing comedy, action and romance, this is pure and simple fun. Eugene Palette, Regis Toomey, Lynne Overman and Albert Dekker are also caught up in the intrigue which results in a thrilling final where city slicker Goddard and tough country gal Hayward come to an "understanding". Their re-teaming after the same year's "Reap the Wild Wind" is a bit closer to Goddard's catfight with Rosalind Russell in "The Women".
There's also an exciting look at how the log industry works, with Goddard getting in the way at some precarious moments. As for Hayward, her loveliness can't be hidden underneath all of her masculine duds not matter how "butch" she seems. Palette is very funny as Goddard's cranky father glad to be rid of her. The color photography makes this truly a vision, and a Frank Loesser song, "I've Got Spurs That Jingle, Jangle Jingle" is a simplistic delight.
Mixing comedy, action and romance, this is pure and simple fun. Eugene Palette, Regis Toomey, Lynne Overman and Albert Dekker are also caught up in the intrigue which results in a thrilling final where city slicker Goddard and tough country gal Hayward come to an "understanding". Their re-teaming after the same year's "Reap the Wild Wind" is a bit closer to Goddard's catfight with Rosalind Russell in "The Women".
There's also an exciting look at how the log industry works, with Goddard getting in the way at some precarious moments. As for Hayward, her loveliness can't be hidden underneath all of her masculine duds not matter how "butch" she seems. Palette is very funny as Goddard's cranky father glad to be rid of her. The color photography makes this truly a vision, and a Frank Loesser song, "I've Got Spurs That Jingle, Jangle Jingle" is a simplistic delight.