A Michigan farmer and a prospector form a partnership in the California gold country. Their adventures include buying and sharing a wife, hijacking a stage, kidnaping six prostitutes, and turning their mining camp into a boomtown. Along the way there is plenty of drinking, gambling, and singing. They even find time to do some creative gold mining.
| Release Date: | Oct 1969 |
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| Genre: | Western / Romance / Musical / Comedy |
| Awards: | Nominated for Oscar. Another 1 win & 2 nominations |
| Cast: | Lee Marvin (Ben Rumson), Clint Eastwood (Pardner), Jean Seberg (Elizabeth), Harve Presnell (Rotten Luck Willie), Ray Walston (Mad Jack Duncan), Tom Ligon (Horton Fenty), Alan Dexter (Parson), William O'Connell (Horace Tabor), Benny Baker (Haywood Holbrook), Alan Baxter (Mr. Fenty), Paula Trueman (Mrs. Fenty), Robert Easton (Atwell), Geoffrey Norman (Foster), H.B. Haggerty (Steve Bull), Terry Jenkins (Joe Mooney), Karl Bruck (Schermerhorn), John Mitchum (Jacob Woodling), Sue Casey (Sarah Woodling), Eddie Little Sky (Indian), Harvey Parry (Higgins), H.W. Gim (Wong), William Mims (Frock-coated man), Roy Jenson (Hennessey), Patrick Hawley (Clendennon (as Pat Hawley)), Nitty Gritty Dirt Band ((as The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band)), Cal Bartlett (Undetermined role (uncredited)), Walt Davis (Man (uncredited)), Roger Herren (Townsperson (uncredited)), Robert S. Holman (Zebulon (men's chorus) (uncredited)), Daniel Keough (Pioneer (uncredited)), Nick Klar (Bit part (uncredited)), Wayne McLaren ((uncredited)), Jerry Whittington (Gold Prospector (uncredited)) |