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5.3/10   251 votes
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Director:
Andrew V. McLaglen
Writer:
James Lee Barrett (written by)
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Release Date:
1 December 1971 (USA) more
Genre:
Western more
Tagline:
Sooner or later, Baker will find the right girl. And when he does, he'll swap her for a machine gun. And do something big. more
Plot:
Joe Baker has a dream. He wants to do 'something big.' When he needs a Gatling gun to accomplish this... more | add synopsis
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Cast

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Dean Martin ... Joe Baker
Brian Keith ... Col. Morgan
Carol White ... Dover McBride
Honor Blackman ... Mary Anna Morgan

Ben Johnson ... Jesse Bookbinder
Albert Salmi ... Jonny Cobb
Don Knight ... Tommy McBride
Joyce Van Patten ... Polly Standall
Denver Pyle ... Junior Frisbee
Merlin Olsen ... Sgt. Fitzsimmons
Robert Donner ... Angel Moon
Harry Carey Jr. ... Joe Pickins
Judi Meredith ... Carrie Standall
Edward Faulkner ... Capt. Tyler (as Ed Faulkner)
Paul Fix ... Chief Yellow Sun
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Additional Details

Runtime:
108 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
Finland:K-16 | Sweden:15 | USA:GP (original rating) | USA:PG

Fun Stuff

Quotes:
Colonel Morgan: What about your friend there? Do you want to bury him?
Jonny Cobb: No. Maybe something will come out of the hills tonight and drag him off.
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Soundtrack:
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Oceans 11 with a pulse, 16 December 2006
10/10
Author: Stephen Tomlinson from United Kingdom

This is the kind of movie that has you smiling the whole way through & you just know it must have been fun to make.

What is it about? To give any details of the movie would spoil the ride for those who haven't seen it before. It's a true classic western but it has a sense of humour.

It's not a revenge movie or a violent snapshot of how the west really was but the plot is masterfully woven around Dean Martin's likable character.He's a hapless anti hero that trouble is drawn to like a magnet.

Something Big is kind of like the contents of the suitcase in Pulp Fiction....everybody wants in but no one knows what their getting into.

A great cast,a great story & a lot of laughs. It's just criminal that this movie isn't available to buy anywhere.

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