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Clifford Turknett, Conrad Janis, Dick Farnsworth

There's one scene in the middle of The Duchess and the Dirtwater Fox--with Goldie Hawn and George Segal carrying on a foreign language conversation that stumbles across French, German, and Ita...( read more  read more... )lian (with a little Yiddish thrown in)--that qualifies as a memorably funny double-talk sequence. The rest of this broad Western quasi-spoof is pretty coarse. Segal is a cardshark who appropriates a bag full of cash; Goldie is a dancehall girl without the heart of gold. This is one of those comedies where you can understand perfectly well why the two romantic leads feel antagonism toward one another--both are pressing way too hard under the direction of veteran comedy guy Melvin Frank. The movie labors in the shadow of Blazing Saddles, which at least got the conventions of the Western right. Meanwhile, the soundtrack is invaded by Bobby Vinton singing "Lemon Drops, Lollipops and Sunbeams," at which point you may wish Mel Brooks's cowpokes would come riding across the backlot and onto the screen. --Robert Horton

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PG, 103 min.

Directed by: Melvin Frank

Release Date: April 1, 1976

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DVD Release Date: June 7, 2005

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Flixster Reviews (52)

  • stephenfrakes
    March 5, 2009
    stephenfrakes
    Goldie Hawn is delightful in this western.
  • matricialynnicus
    March 15, 2008
    matricialynnicus
    Fun film. Zany little story that's funnier than it seems like it should be (NT)
  • turnerd32
    August 21, 2007
    turnerd32
    i would like to see this one..
  • littlemustangcwm2001
    July 26, 2007
    littlemustangcwm2001
    a great movie i want to get
  • fcbamber12
    July 18, 2007
    fcbamber12
    One Of My Top 3 Fav Movies Of All Time.

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