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5.3/10   602 votes
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Director:
Writers:
Barry Sandler (story)
Melvin Frank (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:
1 April 1976 (USA) more
Genre:
Tagline:
Once upon a time, If the rustlers didn't get you, the hustlers did.
Plot:
A female hustler is chasing after rich men, but becomes repeatedly mixed up with a suave con man and... more | add synopsis
Awards:
Nominated for Golden Globe. more
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Cast

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George Segal ... Charlie 'Dirtwater Fox' Malloy

Goldie Hawn ... Amanda Quaid / Duchess Swansbury

Conrad Janis ... Gladstone (Widdicombe's assistant)
Thayer David ... Josiah Widdicombe (Mormon patriarch)

Jennifer Lee ... Trollop
Sid Gould ... Rabbi
Pat Ast ... Music hall singer
E.J. André ... Prospector (as E.J. Andre)

Richard Farnsworth ... Stagecoach driver (as Dick Farnsworth)
Clifford Turknett ... Mr. Weatherly (ticket aent)
Harlan Knudson ... Cooper
Jean Favre ... Drunk / Usher
Bill McLaughlin ... Murdock
Richard Jamison ... Waiter
Barbara Ulrich ... Maisie
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Additional Details

Runtime:
103 min | Germany:100 min
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Aspect Ratio:
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Fun Stuff

Trivia:
The fiddle player in the orchestra is Goldie Hawn's father, Rut Hawn. more
Goofs:
Audio/visual unsynchronized: The film's raunchy language may have been toned down in post-production to prevent an R rating. After the stagecoach crashes, Goldie Hawn has two lines ("I had to look like a *blue-nosed* duchess" and "It's still there in the *lousy* bottom") neither of which match up with her lip movements. more
Quotes:
Charlie 'Dirtwater Fox' Malloy: Here it is... Virginia City, my kind of town.
Amanda Quaid/Duchess Swansbury: What constitutes your kind of town?
Charlie 'Dirtwater Fox' Malloy: Any place I can get rid of you!
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Soundtrack:
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confused mess, 20 May 2009
3/10
Author: (winner55) from United States

A half-decade after "Laugh-In" and a half-decade before "Private Benjamin," Goldie Hawn reveals that she not only has beautiful thighs (which the director takes very opportunity to remind us) but that she can act. Hawn herself takes every opportunity to develop a well-rounded character given a script that doesn't invite it - she exhibits a wide range of responses that the director doesn't really ask of any other actor.

Otherwise, the film is a confused mess. Beautiful location photography, and not much else. The story-line is a real jumble. If I cared about the characters I might have invested more in following it, but there's no reason to care about these lowlives, they have no direction and no motivation beyond greed.

At one point George Segal squeezes Hawn's breasts publicly and exclaims 'honk honk!" First, this is anachronistic (it references automobile horns not yet in use in the movie's culture), second, it is degrading, and third - most importantly - it is not funny. It needs a "topper," some remark that would give it comedic relevance. Director Frank's attempt at a topper is for Segal to repeat the line twice. I am not amused.

A botched job, only interesting for Hawn fans.

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