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Features: DVD, Pan and Scan (TV Format)
Cattle baron, banker, and model citizen George McLintock (John Wayne) has the world in his hands. The only thing missing is his wife, Katherine (Maureen O'Hara, who co-starred with Duke in Rio Grande and The Quiet Man), who left him two years earlier, suspecting him of adultery.
In an effort to get on with his life, McLintock saves a beautiful but impoverished widow from resettlement and hires her as his cook, welcoming both her and her two children into his home. Sparks begin to fly and McLintock's simple and serene lifestyle comes to a craching halt as an unexpected turn of events results in brawls, gunfire, an Indian attack, the engagement of his only daughter and...the return of Mrs. McLintock!
Editor's Note
John Wayne shows off his funny side in this 1963 western, a comedy inspired by THE TAMING OF THE SHREW. Starring as wealthy cattle baron G.W. McLintock, Wayne shows a real sense of comic timing in several scenes filled with slapstick humor. After his wife (Maureen O'Hara) and daughter leave him for the East, McLintock attempts to win them back. The dynamics between O'Hara and Wayne are the strong suit of this film, the actors having worked together previously on THE QUIET MAN. |As this is by no means a revisionist western, McLintock's chauvinistic attempts to "tame" his wife fit within the problematic ideology of the larger western genre. The ultimate example of this comes at the end of the film when McLintock settles his marital dispute by publicly "spanking" his wife in what is now a notorious cinematic moment.
Plot Summary
The battle of the sexes goes into full throttle in this madcap Western.| McLintock is a successful, hard-drinking, rabble-rousing cattle baron whose town is named in his honor. When Katherine, his estranged wife, arrives back in town to seek a divorce, they immediately lock horns and brawl like two alley cats -- often in public. Besides his hot-tempered wife, McLintock also has to contend with his daughter and her suitors, a confrontation between homesteaders and cattlemen, and the government's problems with the local Comanche.
| Features | Region 1 | | Keep Case | | Full Frame - 1.33 | | Audio:
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Release Information
|  | Studio: Goodtimes |
| Release Date: 4/4/2006 |
| Running Time: 122 minutes |
| Original Release Date: 1963 | | Catalog ID: 81003 | | UPC: 00018713810038 | | Number of Discs: 1 |
Audio & Video
| | Original Language: English | | Available Audio Tracks: English [CC], English | | Available Subtitles: French, Spanish | | Video: Color |
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| | Professional Reviews | USA Today
"...This comic-Western variation on THE TAMING OF THE SHREW has a place in the hearts of John Wayne-Maureen O'Hara fans....The film's virtues include a gallery of beloved character actors..." 04/16/1993 p.3D |
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| Customer Reviews | ![]() | | Cinematography |  3 | | Plot |  4 | | Acting | 4 | | Overall Satisfaction | 3 |
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2 of 5 GOODTIMES DVD Thursday, January 06, 2005
Dave Carter from Roanoke, Va.
The GOODTIMES version of this DVD is downright awful. The color rendition is bad & the clarity in places is even worse. The GOODTIMES VHS is just as bad. This was a great movie that has been mangled badly!
I have a VHS version that's not made by GOODTIMES that is good. Was this review helpful?  
1 of 1 customers found this review helpful.
3 of 5 Good movie, but don't buy the DVD Saturday, February 23, 2002
David Reynolds from Portland, Oregon
This is the worst transfer of a movie to DVD I've seen, poor digitalization, poor color quality, and completely inept pan&scan. Don't buy the DVD manufactured by Studio Goodtimes. Was this review helpful?
5 of 5 IF YOU LOVE JOHN WAYNE YOU'LL LOVE THIS FILM Monday, May 10, 1999
BQUICKEL from POMEROY, OHIO
THE DUKE DOES IT AGAIN IN A VERY FUNNY FILM THAT PITS HIM ONCE AGAIN WITH THE RED HEAD LOVE OF HIS LIFE. A GREAT FAMILY MOVIE THAT YOU WILL WANT TO SEE MANY TIMES. Was this review helpful?
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