Alan Caillou, Ben Johnson, Brian Keith

A very offbeat subject gives this Western its beefy flavor: English lady Maureen O'Hara brings a prize Hereford bull to the Wild West, where she plans to introduce its hardy bloodline into longhorn c...( read more  read more... )ountry. Cattle puncher James Stewart finds the idea suspect, but he likes this redhead, so he manages to tag along through stampede, gunfight, and blizzard. Director Andrew V. McLaglen generally steers a pleasing course, although the movie occasionally stumbles between brawling comedy and western drama. One stunt sequence, a run of longhorns through a desert canyon, qualifies as a hair-raiser. Brian Keith, wearing a gigantic red beard, does a Scots accent as a cattle baron, and veteran cowhands Ben Johnson and Jack Elam are around to lend atmosphere. The big bull's name is Vindicator, and he obeys whenever Juliet Mills whistles "God Save the Queen"--did we mention this is a very offbeat subject for a Western? --Robert Horton

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Unrated, 97 min.

Directed by: Andrew V. McLaglen

Release Date: January 1, 1966

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DVD Release Date: May 6, 2003

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  • March 28, 2009
    No thankyou - Not interested
  • April 14, 2008
    O'Hara was great. Stewart was Stewart (which is great). Keith looked funny in a read beard which looked so fake. Still, a fun movie.
  • March 18, 2008
    I didn't like this film.
  • December 29, 2007
    This was pretty good
  • October 29, 2007
    Excellent storyline.
  • October 22, 2007
    Not one of McLaglen's best, but good performances, nice story, and Maureen O'Hara is as sexy as ever!
  • October 3, 2007
    The cutest cow you have ever seem, and the coolest Scottsman ever to be put in a movie.
  • July 12, 2007
    Love this movie. Jimmy stewart and Maureen O'Hara are great together. Throw in Brian Keith as a surly redbearded man and this is a permanent mark in the collection.

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