WesternComedy

McLintock!

- Never such a tender love story! Never such a savage showdown! Never such restless natives!

Ageing, wealthy, 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.

Release Date : 1963-11-12

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : United ArtistsBatjac Productions

Production Country : United States of America

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Character Name : George Washington McLintock

Original Name : John Wayne

Gender : Male

Character Name : Katherine Gilhooley McLintock

Original Name : Maureen O'Hara

Gender : Female

Character Name : Devlin Warren

Original Name : Patrick Wayne

Gender : Male

Character Name : Becky McLintock

Original Name : Stefanie Powers

Gender : Female

Character Name : Jake Birnbaum

Original Name : Jack Kruschen

Gender : Male

Character Name : Drago

Original Name : Chill Wills

Gender : Male

Character Name : Louise Warren

Original Name : Yvonne De Carlo

Gender : Female

Character Name : Matt Douglas Jr.

Original Name : Jerry Van Dyke

Gender : Male

Character Name : Bunny Dull

Original Name : Edgar Buchanan

Gender : Male

Character Name : Ben Sage

Original Name : Bruce Cabot

Gender : Male

Character Name : Davey Elk

Original Name : Perry Lopez

Gender : Male

Character Name : Agard

Original Name : Strother Martin

Gender : Male

Character Name : Matt Douglas

Original Name : Gordon Jones

Gender : Male

Character Name : Governor Cuthbert H. Humphrey

Original Name : Robert Lowery

Gender : Male

Character Name : Curly Fletcher

Original Name : Hank Worden

Gender : Male

Character Name : Puma

Original Name : Michael Pate

Gender : Male

Character Name : Young Ben Sage

Original Name : Edward Faulkner

Gender : Male

Character Name : Camille Reedbottom

Original Name : Mari Blanchard

Gender : Female

Character Name : Jones

Original Name : Leo Gordon

Gender : Male

Character Name : Sheriff Jeff Lord

Original Name : Chuck Roberson

Gender : Male

Character Name : Train Engineer

Original Name : Bob Steele

Gender : Male

Character Name : Alice Warren

Original Name : Aissa Wayne

Gender : Male

Character Name : Fauntleroy Sage

Original Name : Big John Hamilton

Gender : Male

Character Name : Elmer - Bartender (uncredited)

Original Name : Frank Hagney

Gender : Male

Character Name : Carter (uncredited)

Original Name : Hal Needham

Gender : Male

Character Name : Ching (uncredited)

Original Name : H.W. Gim

Gender : Male

Character Name : Brawler (uncredited)

Original Name : Bill Hart

Gender : Male

Character Name : Running Buffalo (uncredited)

Original Name : Chief Sky Eagle

Gender : Male

Reviews

John Chard

@John Chard

2024-05-16

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, its values may be dated a great deal now, but it's easy to see why the paying public warmed to it. Wayne is in his element as the tough, hard drinking and no nonsense title character, and those playing off of him are in tune with what's needed to make the comedy work. The action is well staged by McLaglen, especially a free for all punch up at a mud pit, and Clothier's photography beautifully brings the Arizona locales out from the screen. A touch too long at just over two hours, it still manages to last the course to deliver the goods for the western/comedy seeker. 7/10