McLintock!
Directed by Andrew V. McLaglen
Written by James Edward Grant
1963/USA
Batjac Productions
Repeat viewing/Netflix rental
[box] George Washington McLintock: I’ve got a touch of hangover, bureaucrat. Don’t push me.[/box]
John Wayne and Maureen O’Hara get the sparks flying once again.
G.W. McLintock (Wayne) is the richest man in the territory. He has been living as a bachelor for two years since wife Katherine (AKA Katie – O’Hara) walked out on him without explanation. Daughter Becky (Stephanie Powers) returns after finishing college back East and so does her mother. Becky promptly falls for the son of GW’s housekeeper, Devlin.
Both GW and Devlin find that the way to a strong woman’s heart just happens to be a coal shovel applied with gusto to the back side. With Yvonne De Carlo as the housekeeper, Patrick Wayne as Devlin and a host of familiar faces including Chill Wills, Jack Kruschen, Edgar Buchanan, Bruce Cabot and Struther Martin.
Imagine the sexual politics of The Quiet Man ratcheted up a notch and moved to the Old West. If you think brawling can be hilarious you will love this movie. It’s OK for light-hearted entertainment on a gloomy fall day.
