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A Balasaur Score of 58 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 6.6/10, Rotten Tomatoes 45%, Metacritic 50/100. Audiences rate it 16 points higher than critics do. Most of the 447 1960s comedy movies in this catalog score higher. It runs long at 2h 44m.
Synopsis
A Michigan farmer and a prospector form a partnership in the California gold country. Their adventures include buying and sharing a wife, hijacking a stage, kidnapping six prostitutes, and turning their mining camp into a boom town. Along the way there is plenty of drinking, gambling, and singing. They even find time to do some creative gold mining.
Ratings
IMDb6.6/10
Rotten Tomatoes45%
Metacritic50/100
Audiences rate it 16 points higher than critics do.
288 audience votes
Key crew
- Alan Jay LernerScreenplay
- Joshua LoganDirector
- Nelson RiddleOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Lee MarvinBen Rumson
- Clint Eastwood"Pardner"
- Jean SebergElizabeth Woodling
- Ray Walston"Mad Jack" Duncan
- Harve Presnell"Rotten Luck Willie"
- Tom LigonHorton Fenty
- Alan DexterParson
- Terry JenkinsJoe Mooney
- Paula TruemanMrs. Fenty
- H.B. HaggertySteve Bull
- Benny BakerHaywood Holbrook
- William O'ConnellHorace Tabor
Stills
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Themes
miningpolyamoryprospector