McLintock!

Director: Andrew V McLaglen
Stars: Maureen O'Hara, John Wayne, Patrick Wayne, Stefanie Powers, Yvonne De Carlo
Year:  1963 Running Time:  127 mins Rating: 3 out of 5 Certificate U

It's like women's lib never happened as John Wayne and Maureen O'Hara reunite after The Quiet Man for this rip-roaring Western version of The Taming of the Shrew. He's the beleaguered cattle baron whose estranged wife O'Hara gives him very rough ride. Public spankings, mudfights and marauding natives - who could possibly get their knickers in a twist about that?!

Review

Big John Wayne has fun in this light-hearted comedy Western that has him and fiery Maureen O'Hara battling over a divorce. Meanwhile, his daughter is being pursued by the son of his cook and the son of one of his worst enemies. To remind us that this is a Western, the feuding is interrupted by Indian raids and there's also one of the biggest and certainly the muddiest brawl ever. Loud and boisterous, this film is great fun even if it isn't a great movie, and contains one of the Duke's mostly fondly remembered stretches of dialogue: 'But I won't hit you. No, I won't hit you. The hell I will! ' (SB)

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