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www.clevelandmemory.org - : At last he comes to grips with his opponent. Over his knee he turns her, and gives Maureen O'Hara a resounding spanking. more...
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www.filmcritic.com - : Mind the exclamation point in the title. There's plenty of yelling in McLintock! a much-loved yet still hokey and somewhat ill-advised western ''comedy'' that doesn't play very well for laughs any more. The plot basically concerns a wealthy cattleman (Wayne) who squabbles with everyone in the town he basically runs from top to bottom -- but he fights the most with his wife (Maureen O'Hara) and daughter (Stefanie Powers). Eventually this culminates in characters falling into muddy water and, in the film's most absurd moment, Wayne encouraging his daughter's boyfriend to give her a good spanking -- and even handing him some sort of implement to help him out. Made in 1963, this might have been the reason women's lib got its big start. more...
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www.sover.net - : A Western domestic comedy made in a rush by John Wayne's production company Batjac for a mass audience and to recoup the losses caused by his last film that bombed in the box office, The Alamo, otherwise his production company might go under. It's a film rooted in the past, some might say it's a dinosaur, out of step with the modern world, criticized by feminists, for its arbirary right or wrong stand with no middle-ground, and frowned upon by many critics for its right-wing political stand. James Edward Grant provides the screenplay, which borrowed freely from Rio Grande, The Taming of the Shrew and The Quiet Man. It certainly has John Ford's fingerprints all over it and includes many character actor regulars from his Westerns (Ford even directed for a few days when McLaglen became ill). Unfortunately it's more shallow than the above named films and less interesting, though it has many of Wayne's classic trademark scenes including a big sprawling fight in a mud pit that came about when Wayne came to the defense of his Indian friend about to be hanged for something he didn't do and by punching out his unjust accuser (Leo Gordon) he mockingly calls Pilgrim. McLintock! became the legendary star's most popular and successful films of the '60s. It's directed by Victor McLaglen's son Andrew and produced by Wayne's oldest son Michael; it also stars Wayne's other son Patrick and his daughter Aissa in a smaller role. more...
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