Never such a tender love story! Never such a savage showdown! Never such restless natives!
Aging rancher and self-made man, George Washington McLintock is forced to deal with numerous personal and professional problems. Seemingly everyone wants a piece of his enormous farmstead, including high-ranking government men and nearby Native Americans. As McLintock tries to juggle his various adversaries, his wife—who left him two years previously—suddenly returns. But she isn't interested in George; she wants custody of their daughter.
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Classical in form, effortless, comic and unpretentious.
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- effortlessdemanding
- gravecomic
- unpretentiousprestige
- resolvedopen-ended
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- John Chardon TMDB · Jun 20178/10
Why does it have to be you that stirs me? McLintock! is directed by Andrew V. McLaglen and written by James Edward Grant. It stars John Wayne, Maureen O'Hara, Yvonne De Carlo, Patrick Wayne and Stefanie Powers. Music is by Frank De Vol and cinematography by William H. Clothier. It's a Panavision/Technicolor production and locations used for the shoot were Nogales, Old Tucson and San Rafael Ranch State Park, Arizona, USA. A loose reworking of William Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew, plot finds Duke Wayne as cattle baron George Washington McLintock, whose estranged wife Katherine (O'Hara) returns with daughter Becky (Powers) to the family town after a two year absence. Having left George originally on suspicion of him committing adultery, she now wants a divorce and with it full custody of Becky. George isn't keen on the idea and Katherine's arrival in town also signals the arrival of chaos. Produced out of John Wayne's own Batjac Productions company, McLintock! became one of Wayne's most successful and popular movies of the 60's. Played for laughs, film sees Wayne surrounded by family and friends and this shines thru in the final product. It looks, and was, a fun production, i
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Cast
- John WayneGeorge Washington McLintock
- Maureen O'HaraKatherine Gilhooley McLintock
- Patrick WayneDevlin Warren
- Stefanie PowersBecky McLintock
- Jack KruschenJake Birnbaum
- Chill WillsDrago
- Yvonne De CarloLouise Warren
- Jerry Van DykeMatt Douglas Jr.
- Edgar BuchananBunny Dull
- Bruce CabotBen Sage
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- Andrew V. McLaglenDirector
- James Edward GrantScreenplay
- William H. ClothierDirector of Photography
- Frank De VolOriginal Music Composer
- Bill LewisEditor
- Otho LoveringEditor
- Michael WayneProducer
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