Christopher Lloyd, Danny DeVito, Ed Begley Jr

Nicholson directed and starred in this Western spoof about an outlaw who is saved from hanging by a young widow (Mary Steenburgen) who puts him to work as an indentured servant. She has a gold mine th...( read more  read more... )at no one knows about and she wants him to help her get the gold before anyone else finds out. But, of course, his old gang--who gave him up to the law in the first place--finds out about the mine and wants a piece of it. This was filmed in the late 1970s, when drug use was rampant (and not particularly frowned upon) in Hollywood; keep that in mind when you listen to Nicholson's stuffy-nose delivery. Alternately amusing and flat, with a cast that includes Steenburgen in her first movie role and John Belushi in a tiny part as a member of the gang, also making his film debut. --Marshall Fine

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PG, 109 min.

Directed by: Jack Nicholson

Release Date: October 2, 1978

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DVD Release Date: June 4, 2002

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  • October 16, 2009
    I like that Doc Brown and Claira are together again in the old west. Jackie boy does a fun job as well.
  • October 7, 2007
    Funny classic comedy western.
  • July 14, 2007
    Enjoyable comic western starring and directed by Jack Nicholson. Without anybody to rein him in, he hams it up mercilessly, but being Jack, he can get away with it in a way that very few can.
  • October 30, 2009
    I rented this movie cauz it had Jack Nicholson & John Belushi in it but I was disappointed cauz Belushi had almost no lines.Other then that it had some funny moments
  • August 14, 2009
    The Western Romantic Comedy


    First half of the movie was really funny, enjoyable and fast but only negative thing about the movie is second half was some slow. It is easy to predict the end of the movie maybe this one also makes you get bored before the movie's end is coming....( read more)

    Most of the movie watchers accept that Jack Nickholson's acting is great but especially I surprised in this movie that he is also very good at comedy acting. He acted in some dark and not funny characters at the past but he could choose comedy acting more. Other actors were also very good in the movie.

    Finally this movie is worth watching, enjoyable but also predictable. This is a western comedy but it includes also lots of romance. If you like to watch romantic-comedies, give this movie a try.
  • July 16, 2009
    YEAH,TODAY IS MY BIRTHDAY
  • June 26, 2009
    lots of stars before they were stars fill the cast for this oddball romantic western directed and starring jack nicholson
    good.. but lacking chemistry between male and female leads
  • January 19, 2009
    OK, I admit it, Nicholson was noticeably coked up, Belushi didn't have much of a part, but Mary Steenbergen is a sweetheart.
  • January 11, 2009
    Very funny and an incredible cast. Not only can he act, but he directs fine movies as well. This spoof is one of my favorite Nicholson films
  • December 22, 2008
    An enjoyable film. Would fall under my definition of romantic comedy, while it only borders on either. A great cast delivers on a decent story of a renegade marrying a random woman in town to save his neck.

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