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Something Big (1971)

PG 108 min  -  Western  -   November 1971 (USA)
5.2
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Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Dean Martin ...
Joe Baker
Brian Keith ...
Col. Morgan
Carol White Carol White ...
Dover McBride
Honor Blackman ...
Mary Anna Morgan
Ben Johnson ...
Jesse Bookbinder
Albert Salmi Albert Salmi ...
Jonny Cobb
Don Knight ...
Tommy McBride
Joyce Van Patten ...
Polly Standall
Denver Pyle Denver Pyle ...
Junior Frisbee
Merlin Olsen ...
Sgt. Fitzsimmons
Robert Donner Robert Donner ...
Angel Moon
Harry Carey Jr. Harry Carey Jr. ...
Joe Pickins
Judi Meredith Judi Meredith ...
Carrie Standall
Edward Faulkner Edward Faulkner ...
Capt. Tyler (as Ed Faulkner)
Paul Fix ...
Chief Yellow Sun
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Storyline

Joe Baker has a dream. He wants to do 'something big.' When he needs a Gatling gun to accomplish this, he seeks out a black marketeer. The price he wants for the gun? A woman! So Baker kidnaps a woman off of the stagecoach, only to find that she is the wife of the commandant of the local Cavalry detachment. Things get further complicated when a girl named Dover McBride shows up. She has come to force Baker to marry her and return east, as he promised to do four years earlier. Written by Alfred Jingle  

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Independent Film

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Everybody wants to do something big once in his life. It's just that most people don't have to hold up a stagecoach, steal a girl, and swap her for a gun to do it. See more »

Genres:

Western

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Country:

USA

Language:

English

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Also Known As:

El Capitano See more »

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Sound Mix:

Mono

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Color (Technicolor)
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Quotes

[examining corpse]
Colonel Morgan: Well, I'd say he looks healthier than the last time I saw him.
Junior Frisbee: How can he look healthier when he's dead?
Colonel Morgan: It must agree with him.
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Crazy Credits

"Tuffy" as Scruffy. See more »

Connections

Referenced in My Husband, the Producer (1974) See more »

Soundtracks

"The Girl I Left Behind Me"
(uncredited)
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