The Brothers O'Toole (1973)

Director:

Richard Erdman

Writers:

Marion Hargrove (writer)
Tim Kelly (screenplay)

Release Date:

16 May 1973 (USA)

Genre:

Western | Comedy

Plot:

The brothers, a couple of ne'er-do-wells, turn a sleepy mining town upside-down in their search for quick riches. |

Plot Keywords:

Independent Film | Character Name In Title

Cast

John Astin	...	Michael O'Toole / Desperate Ambrose Littleberry
Pat Carroll	...	Callie Burdyne
Hans Conried	...	Polonius Vandergelt
Richard Erdman	...	Judge Quincey P. Trumbell
Allyn Joslyn	...	Sheriff Ed Hatfield
Richard Jury	...	Harmon P. Lovejoy
Lee Meriwether	...	Paloma Littleberry
Jesse White	...	Mayor
Steve Carlson	...	Timothy O'Toole
Miranda Barry	...	Bonnie Lou MacCalanahan
Francelle Fuller	...	Prudence Burdyne
Ted Claassen	...	Gurnie Burdyne
Harlan Knudson	...	Dexter the Banker
Leon Inge	...	Hard Rock
Jacques Hampton	...	Attorney Bedemeir

Runtime:

95 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

USA:G | USA:Approved

Filming Locations:

Buckskin Joe Frontier Town & Railway - 1193 Fremont County Road 3A, Canon City, Colorado, USA

Company:

American National Enterprises

Quotes:

Michael O'Toole: I have, in my time, visited three political conventions, four sessions of congress, and two homes for the criminally insane. I have known army generals, steam doctors, vegetarians, prohibitionists, and a female suffragette. But never, even in an Orangeman's Day parade...
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A must for Astin fans.

No, it's not Blazing Saddles, but The Brothers O'Toole is nevertheless a rollicking good time. See it if only to revel in Astin's fabulous lambasting of his addle-patted brother and the denizens of Molly-Be-Damn, "a festering pustule on the face of the western slope!"