The Good Guys and the Bad Guys (1969)

Director:

Burt Kennedy

Writers:

Ronald M. Cohen (written by) and
Dennis Shryack (written by)

Release Date:

3 November 1969 (Sweden)

Genre:

Comedy | Western

Plot:

Marshal Flagg, an aging lawman about to be retired, hears that his old nemesis, the outlaw McKaye, is back in the area and planning a robbery...

Plot Keywords:

Outlaw | Antonyms In Title

Cast

Robert Mitchum	...	Flagg
George Kennedy	...	McKay
Martin Balsam	...	Mayor Wilker
David Carradine	...	Waco
Tina Louise	...	Carmel
Douglas Fowley	...	Grundy (as Douglas V. Fowley)
Lois Nettleton	...	Mary
John Davis Chandler	...	Deuce
John Carradine	...	Ticker
Marie Windsor	...	Polly
Dick Peabody	...	Boyle
Kathleen Freeman	...	Mrs. Stone (Mother)
Jimmy Murphy	...	Buckshot
Garrett Lewis	...	Hawkins
Bobby Riha	...	Billy
Jackie Joseph	...	Doris
Howard Storm	...	Harry
George Dunn	...	Engineer #1
Nick Dennis	...	Engineer No. 2
Phil Vandervort	...	Simms
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Dorothy Adams	...	Mrs. Pierce (uncredited)
Robert Anderson	...	Jed (uncredited)
Thordis Brandt	...	Babe (uncredited)
David Cargo	...	David Cargo - Reporter (uncredited)
Dee Carroll	...	Minor Role (voice) (uncredited)
David Cass	...	Tuber (uncredited)
Angela Greene	...	Judy (uncredited)
Buddy Hackett	...	Ed - Townsman (uncredited)
Darby Hinton	...	Pug (uncredited)
Irene Kelly	...	Ginny (uncredited)
Alan Lee	...	Townsman (uncredited)
Stuart Lee	...	Harold (uncredited)
Paul Lees	...	Miles (uncredited)
Stephen Liss	...	Cricket (uncredited)
Christopher Mitchum	...	Minor Role (uncredited)
Hank Robinson	...	Barfly (uncredited)
Russell Schulman	...	One of Pug's Boys (uncredited)
Arthur Tovey	...	Barfly (uncredited)
Mike Wagner	...	Turk (uncredited)
John Wheeler	...	Bumper (uncredited)

Directed by
Burt Kennedy

Writing credits
Ronald M. Cohen		(written by) and
Dennis Shryack		(written by)

Produced by
Ronald M. Cohen	....	producer
Robert Goldstein	....	executive producer
Stan Jolley	....	associate producer
Dennis Shryack	....	producer

Original Music by
William Lava

Cinematography by
Harry Stradling Jr.

Film Editing by
Howard Deane
Otho Lovering		(uncredited)

Production Design by
Stan Jolley

Set Decoration by
Ralph S. Hurst

Costume Design by
Yvonne Wood

Makeup Department
Gordon Bau	....	makeup supervisor
Jean Burt Reilly	....	supervising hair stylist
Perc Westmore	....	makeup artist

Production Management
Bill Finnegan	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Richard C. Bennett	....	assistant director (as Richard Bennett)
Montgomery Banta	....	assistant director (uncredited)
Leslie Gorall	....	assistant director (uncredited)

Art Department
Ward Preston	....	set designer (uncredited)
Red Turner	....	property master (uncredited)

Sound Department
Al Overton	....	sound
Brandon Kellogg	....	sound recordist (uncredited)
William Thompson	....	boom operator (uncredited)

Special Effects by
Horace L. Hulburd	....	special effects

Stunts
Stan Barrett	....	stunts (uncredited)
May Boss	....	stunts (uncredited)
Dick Bullock	....	stunts (uncredited)
William H. Burton	....	stunts (uncredited)
Joe Canutt	....	stunts (uncredited)
Tap Canutt	....	stunts (uncredited)
David S. Cass Sr.	....	stunts (uncredited)
Everett Creach	....	stunts (uncredited)
Tony Epper	....	stunts (uncredited)
Richard Farnsworth	....	stunts (uncredited)
Joe Finnegan	....	stunts (uncredited)
Jerry Gatlin	....	stunts (uncredited)
Alan Gibbs	....	stunts (uncredited)
Kent Hays	....	stunts (uncredited)
Chuck Hayward	....	stunts (uncredited)
Clyde Hudkins Jr.	....	stunts (uncredited)
Dick Hudkins	....	stunts (uncredited)
Loren Janes	....	stunts (uncredited)
Leroy Johnson	....	stunts (uncredited)
Max Kleven	....	stunts (uncredited)
Walt La Rue	....	stunts (uncredited)
Gary McLarty	....	stunts (uncredited)
Jack Perkins	....	stunts (uncredited)
Glenn Randall Jr.	....	stunts (uncredited)
Walter Scott	....	stunts (uncredited)
Fred Stromsoe	....	stunts (uncredited)
Bob Terhune	....	stunts (uncredited)
Glenn R. Wilder	....	stunts (uncredited)
Jack Williams	....	stunts (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Glen Bird	....	grip (uncredited)
Lamar Boren	....	helicopter camera operator (uncredited)
Don Christie	....	still photographer (uncredited)
Marvin L. Gunter	....	camera operator (uncredited)
Dudie Maschmeyer	....	key grip (uncredited)
Richard Craig Meinardus	....	first assistant camera (uncredited)
Ralph Spence	....	camera assistant (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Dominic Di Bona	....	wardrobe: men (uncredited)
Lyle Field	....	wardrobe: men (uncredited)
Audrey Newell	....	wardrobe: women (uncredited)
Patricia Norris	....	wardrobe: women (uncredited)
Bob Richards	....	wardrobe: men (uncredited)

Music Department
Sonny Burke	....	music supervisor
Dan Wallin	....	score mixer (uncredited)

Other crew
Marjorie Mullen	....	script supervisor
Christopher Mitchum	....	production assistant (uncredited)
Harry Zubrinsky	....	location manager (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Robert Goldstein Productions
• Ronden

Distributors

• Warner Brothers/Seven Arts (1969) (USA) (theatrical)
• WarnerBrothers / Seven Arts (1970) (West Germany) (theatrical)
• Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) (1974) (USA) (TV) (pan/scan)
• Warner Bros / Seven Arts (1970) (France) (theatrical)
• Warner Home Video (1995) (USA) (VHS)
• Warner Home Video (2007) (USA) (DVD)
• Comet Video (????) (USA) (DVD)

Also Known As:

Runtime:

91 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Finland:K-12 | Norway:16 | Sweden:15 | USA:M (original rating) | USA:PG | West Germany:12 (nf) | Canada:PG (video rating)

Filming Locations:

Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad, Chama, New Mexico, USA

Company:

Robert Goldstein Productions

Trivia:

Director Trademark: [Burt Kennedy] ["Fight!"]At the beginning of the fight scene, someone (in this case, an uncredited Richard Farnsworth) looks directly at the camera and yells, "Fight!"

Goofs:

Continuity: When Flagg and McKay are running along the roof of the train, the view from inside the train shows their shadows on the cliff wall beside the tracks level with their actual position on the roof, as though the sun were nearly on the horizon throwing their shadow straight onto the cliff wall directly behind them. But when the view switches to overhead on top of the train, their shadows are directly below them as though the sun were directly overhead. This same pattern is repeated several times, camera overhead showing their shadow directly below them, then inside showing their shadows on the cliff wall out to the side.

Quotes:

McKay:There's only one plan and it's as plain as the nose on your face. You can't stop the train from comin' to town 'cause they got the telegraph covered. What you gotta do is stop the train from *stoppin* in town.

Soundtrack:

The Ballad of Marshal Flagg

Easy goin' western with some funny scenes

All right,I admit it,I'm a sucker for Westerns. I grew up on them and I still watch every new one I can find. That said, this is a somewhat above average western with some pretty funny moments. Robert Mitchum spoof his tough guy image as the marshall who insists that bad guy George Kennedy,an over the hill outlaw, is still a dangerous villain. For his troubles he gets a surprise retirement party. Mitchum and Kennedy then team together to upstage the young whippersnapper bad guys. All in all, a fun "buddy" western, I think most western movie lovers will get a chuckle from this film