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Release Date:
26 May 1971 (USA)
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They wanted gold. They gave them lead instead! more
Plot:
The McCandles ranch is run over by a gang of cutthroats led by the evil John Fain. They kidnap little...
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Ransom
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Presumed Dead
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Motorcycle
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Locomotive
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Mexican
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The Dirty Harry of Westerns
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | John Wayne | ... | Jacob McCandles |
 | Richard Boone | ... | John Fain |
 | Patrick Wayne | ... | James McCandles |
 | Christopher Mitchum | ... | Michael McCandles |
| Bruce Cabot | ... | Sam Sharpnose |
| Bobby Vinton | ... | Jeff McCandles |
| Glenn Corbett | ... | O'Brien, aka Breed |
 | John Doucette | ... | Texas Ranger Capt. Buck Duggan |
| Jim Davis | ... | Head of lynching party |
| John Agar | ... | Bert Ryan |
| Harry Carey Jr. | ... | Pop Dawson (as Harry Cary Jr.) |
| Gregg Palmer | ... | John Goodfellow |
| Roy Jenson | ... | Gunman at bathhouse in Escondero |
| Virginia Capers | ... | Delilah |
| Bill Walker | ... | Moses Brown (as William Walker) |
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The Million Dollar Kidnapping (USA) (working title)
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MPAA:
Rated PG-13 for western violence. (re-rating)
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Runtime:
110 min
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Color (Technicolor)
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2.35 : 1 more
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Certification:
Canada:PG (Manitoba/Ontario) |
UK:15 (video rating) |
UK:AA (original rating) |
Canada:G (Nova Scotia/Quebec) |
Australia:PG (TV rating) |
USA:G (home video version) |
USA:G (original rating) |
West Germany:12 (f) (re-rated) |
West Germany:16 (f) (original rating) |
USA:G (re-rating) (1972) |
Australia:M |
Finland:K-16 |
Norway:16 |
Sweden:15 |
USA:GP (original rating) |
USA:PG-13 (re-rating 2001) |
Singapore:PG
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In 1971, owing to the success of this film, John Wayne was #1 at the US Box Office for the last time.
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Continuity: During the kidnapping, Little Jake pokes at O'Brian with a pitchfork and knocks off O'Brian's hat, but O'Brian has puncture wounds in his cheeks, much lower than the area where he was struck with the pitchfork.
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Referenced in Golden Saddles, Silver Spurs (2000) (TV)
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A very entertaining John Wayne western. Richard Boone makes a great villian. It's action packed much more in the style of a Clint Eastwood Dirty Harry picture than a vintage John Wayne. Most highly recommended of Wayne's movies in the post-True Grit period.