Cast overview: | |||
John Rubinstein | ... | Zachariah | |
Patricia Quinn | ... | Belle Starr (as Pat Quinn) | |
Don Johnson | ... | Matthew | |
Country Joe and the Fish | ... | The Crackers | |
Elvin Jones | ... | Job Cain | |
Doug Kershaw | ... | The Fiddler | |
William Challee | ... | Old Man | |
Robert Ball | ... | Stage Manager | |
Dick Van Patten | ... | The Dude | |
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James Gang | ... | Job Cain's Band (as The James Gang) |
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White Lightnin' | ... | Old Man's Band |
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The New York Rock Ensemble | ... | Belle Starr's Band |
Gunfights and electric guitars in the Old West? You bet! Zachariah gets a mail order gun, practices a little, and kills a man in the local saloon. He and his friend Matthew set out to become gunfighters, joining with the Crackers, a rock band who are also (pitifully inept) stage robbers. Having quickly outgrown that gang, Zachariah and Matthew set out to become bigtime gunslingers. Before long, they part company and a rivalry grows between them. Written by George S. Davis <mgeorges@prodigy.net>
Firesign Theatre has distanced themselves from the film, having spoken of a script they wrote for a comic western "that was never made." But this is a quirky little coming-of-age tale some years BEFORE "Blazing Saddles" that has a lot of fun trying to cram rock and roll, dope and westerns into the same screen. Uneven, certainly, but with a number of rewards. Sort of like a Firesign Theatre album.