March 26, 2013
Olive Films released new Blu-Ray version of McLintock! (1963).
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John Wayne's most popular film of the 60s is a broad, boisterous comedy-western loosely based on William Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew. Wayne in his two-fisted best stars as a George Washington Mclintock, a middle-aged cattle baron (John Wayne) who has his hands full with his estranged wife (Maureen O'Hara) - she walked out on him 2 years ago without a word and has returned to get a divorce in order to move back to the east with their daughter, Becky (Stefanie Powers). Verbal fireworks explode, slapstick pratfalls bloom, and the Wayne-O'Hara "reconciliation" culminates with the biggest mud-hole brawl this side of the Mississippi. Patrick Wayne, Yvonne De Carlo, Chill Wills, Strother Martin and Jerry Van Dyke are among the dazzling supporting cast in this wild, raucous and hilarious western. This film was the first movie produced by eldest son Michael Wayne, and the first major assignment for director Andrew V. McLaglen (son of Quiet Man costar Victor).
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Small town attorney, Lynn Hollister (John Wayne) investigates the supposed suicide of his childhood friend in the big city. He sets out to prove that an above-the-law politician (Edward Ellis) is actually crooked, but the price of integrity is sweet this instance, since Lynn happens to be in love with the politician's beautiful daughter (Francis Dee). The stellar cast includes Wallace Ford as the top newspaperman in town, Harold Huber as the politician's sleazy henchman and Ward Bond as a crime syndicate thug. Directed by John H. Auer (City That Never Sleeps).
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