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starring: John Wayne, Maureen O'Hara, Patrick Wayne directed by: Andrew V. McLaglen

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Average Rating: Rating: - WITTY, SLAM-BANG DIALOGUE BETWEEN TWO SCREEN GEMS John Wayne and Maureen O'Hara - I don't believe there's ever been another screen couple who can make the verbal, and romantic, sparks fly the way they do. Of all the movies I've owned over 18 years ofcollecting, none makes me laugh-out-loud as much as this one, even on repeated viewings. The dialogue crackles with testy good-humor, and the cast of supporting characters (Chill Wills, Edgar Buchanan) adds immensely to the fun. Sour note - this film absolutely screams out for a letterboxed or enhanced for 16:9 widescreen version. There are WAY TOO MANY characters missing in the poor pan and scan framing, "barely there" profile shots, characters talking to an off-screen presence. Also, the extremely poor DVD quality actually detracts from enjoyment of this fun film. It looks like a 3rd or 4th generation tape transfer. A sad way to treat such a popular film. Summary: Content - 5 stars, transfer quality - 1 star. Rating: - A delightful, boisterous romp In this film the 56-year-old Wayne sensibly steps back from "action-hero" roles and plays a man of his real age, whose romantic focus is a woman old enough to actually be his wife (he and O'Hara had previously teamed in "Rio Grande" and "The Quiet Man"). G. W. (for George Washington) McLintock is a wealthy New Mexico cattle baron who has watched the West won (and played a big part in that winning), and now, sinking into comfortable middle age, he suddenly finds his life disrupted by the return of his estranged wife Kate (whose reasons for leaving him he has never really known), their daughter Rebecca's completion of her schooling (Kate's chief purpose in coming back to the Territory at all is to convince him to allow the girl to return East with her and spend her time in a round of New York, Europe, and "Newport in the season"), the machinations of pompous Territorial Governor Cuthbert Humphreys, and the attraction of his new hand, Dev Warren (Wayne's son Patrick), for Becky. He must also find a way to help his old enemies, the Comanche chiefs recently released from prison, bring their people's plight to the attention of Washington (Humphreys would rather keep it at home), and cope with an influx of homesteaders hoping to farm a nearby mesa which, he maintains, "God made...for buffalo!" These complex story threads play out with wondrous clarity, helped along by a sterling cast, among the best of whom are Jack Kruschen as McLintock's longtime friend and chess partner, storekeeper Jake Birnbaum; the delightful Chill Wills as his majordomo and equally longtime right-hand man Drago; Edgar Buchanan as local derelict Bunny Dull; Michael Pate as Chief Puma; Chuck Roberson as the somewhat put-upon Sheriff Jeff Lord (who has eyes for Dev's widowed mother); Bruce Cabot (a long-time member of Wayne's "stock company") as neighboring rancher Ben Sage, and Edward Faulkner (another) as his son; and Leo Gordon as homesteader Jones. There's a wild slapstick brawl in a clay pit that follows upon McLintock's attempt to prevent the lynching of an Indian, and a comic chase through the holiday crowds as G. W. and Kate finally play out their quarrel. Wayne had a definite gift for comedy, though he used it seldom; in this film it gets full play as he creates a sort of straight man to all the craziness going on around him. A delightful comic Western that should be enjoyed by all ages. Rating: - Mediocre quality This is a great movie, of course, but the quality of the DVD leaves a LOT to be desired. The picture can be very blurry, and will sometimes zoom for no apparent reason onto nothing very important. It's odd. It's probably better just to get this on video.

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