The Good Guys and the Bad Guys (1969)

User Rating:

6.0/10   

Director:

Burt Kennedy

Writers:

Ronald M. Cohen (written by) and
Dennis Shryack (written by)

Release Date:

3 November 1969 (Sweden)

Genre:

Comedy | Western

Plot:

Marshal Flagg, an aging lawman about to be retired, hears that his old nemesis, the outlaw McKaye, is back in the area and planning a robbery...

Plot Keywords:

Outlaw | Antonyms In Title

Cast

Robert Mitchum	...	Flagg
George Kennedy	...	McKay
Martin Balsam	...	Mayor Wilker
David Carradine	...	Waco
Tina Louise	...	Carmel
Douglas Fowley	...	Grundy (as Douglas V. Fowley)
Lois Nettleton	...	Mary
John Davis Chandler	...	Deuce
John Carradine	...	Ticker
Marie Windsor	...	Polly
Dick Peabody	...	Boyle
Kathleen Freeman	...	Mrs. Stone (Mother)
Jimmy Murphy	...	Buckshot
Garrett Lewis	...	Hawkins
Nick Dennis	...	Engineer No. 2
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Dorothy Adams	...	Mrs. Pierce (uncredited)
David Cargo	...	David Cargo (reporter, 'New Mexico Press') (uncredited)
Buddy Hackett	...	Ed (townsman) (uncredited)
Christopher Mitchum	...	(uncredited)

Directed by
Burt Kennedy

Writing credits
Ronald M. Cohen		(written by) and
Dennis Shryack		(written by)

Produced by
Ronald M. Cohen	....	producer
Robert Goldstein	....	executive producer
Stan Jolley	....	associate producer
Dennis Shryack	....	producer

Original Music by
William Lava

Cinematography by
Harry Stradling Jr.

Film Editing by
Howard Deane
Otho Lovering		(uncredited)

Production Design by
Stan Jolley

Set Decoration by
Ralph S. Hurst

Costume Design by
Yvonne Wood

Makeup Department
Gordon Bau	....	makeup supervisor
Jean Burt Reilly	....	supervising hair stylist
Perc Westmore	....	makeup artist

Production Management
Bill Finnegan	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Richard C. Bennett	....	assistant director (as Richard Bennett)

Art Department
Ward Preston	....	set designer (uncredited)

Sound Department
Al Overton	....	sound

Special Effects by
Horace L. Hulburd	....	special effects

Stunts
Stan Barrett	....	stunts (uncredited)
May Boss	....	stunts (uncredited)
Dick Bullock	....	stunts (uncredited)
William H. Burton	....	stunts (uncredited)
Joe Canutt	....	stunts (uncredited)
Tap Canutt	....	stunts (uncredited)
David S. Cass Sr.	....	stunts (uncredited)
Everett Creach	....	stunts (uncredited)
Tony Epper	....	stunts (uncredited)
Richard Farnsworth	....	stunts (uncredited)
Joe Finnegan	....	stunts (uncredited)
Jerry Gatlin	....	stunts (uncredited)
Alan Gibbs	....	stunts (uncredited)
Kent Hays	....	stunts (uncredited)
Chuck Hayward	....	stunts (uncredited)
Dick Hudkins	....	stunts (uncredited)
Clyde Hudkins Jr.	....	stunts (uncredited)
Loren Janes	....	stunts (uncredited)
Leroy Johnson	....	stunts (uncredited)
Max Kleven	....	stunts (uncredited)
Walt La Rue	....	stunts (uncredited)
Gary McLarty	....	stunts (uncredited)
Jack Perkins	....	stunts (uncredited)
Glenn Randall Jr.	....	stunts (uncredited)
Walter Scott	....	stunts (uncredited)
Fred Stromsoe	....	stunts (uncredited)
Bob Terhune	....	stunts (uncredited)
Glenn R. Wilder	....	stunts (uncredited)
Jack Williams	....	stunts (uncredited)

Music Department
Sonny Burke	....	music supervisor
Dan Wallin	....	score mixer (uncredited)

Other crew
Marjorie Mullen	....	script supervisor

Production Companies

• Ronden

Distributors

• Warner Brothers/Seven Arts (1969) (USA) (theatrical)
• Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) (1974) (USA) (TV) (original airing)
• WarnerBrothers / Seven Arts (1970) (West Germany) (theatrical)
• Comet Video (????) (USA) (DVD)
• Warner Home Video (1995) (USA) (VHS)
• Warner Home Video (2007) (USA) (DVD)

Runtime:

91 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

West Germany:12 (nf) | Canada:PG (video rating) | Finland:K-12 | Norway:16 | Sweden:15 | USA:M (original rating) | USA:PG

Filming Locations:

Chama, New Mexico, USA

Company:

Ronden

Trivia:

Director Trademark: [Burt Kennedy] ["Fight!"]At the beginning of the fight scene, someone (in this case, an uncredited Richard Farnsworth) looks directly at the camera and yells, "Fight!"

Soundtrack:

Ballad of Marshal Flagg, The

One You Can't Go Wrong With

Burt Kennedy during the late 1960s seemed to take over the western genre with a cluster of good comedic films using some of Hollywood's best. but aging male stars. The Good Guys and the Bad Guys is a prime example of his work which never disappoints.

Robert Mitchum as an aging and then ex-Marshal and George Kennedy,an outlaw adversary of Mitchum's from the old days join forces to outwit and capture a gang of young punks that the aging Kennedy has been riding with. Since they're on the screen for most of the story together, the chemistry has to be perfect with them for the picture to work and it is.

Some Hollywood veterans also round out the cast. Marie Windsor for once is a good girl as a saloon owner with a heart of gold. Douglas Fowley plays a grizzled old timer in the best Gabby Hayes tradition. They stand out as does David Carradine as the leader of the young outlaws.

However in the scenes he's in, Martin Balsam as the town mayor steals the film. He had to be the model that Mel Brooks used for Harvey Korman's portrayal of Hedley Lamarr in Blazing Saddles.

And in the best 50s western tradition we have Glenn Yarborough singing intermittently The Ballad of Marshal Flagg in the great tradition of Frankie Laine. Personally though Yarborough does a good job, I think they should have utilized Robert Mitchum for that also.

The then Governor of New Mexico, David Cargo, makes a bit appearance at the end of the film as a reporter. Cargo, tried very hard to get the Hollywood Studios to use New Mexico for filming. I suppose this bit was one of the perks of office.

It's rollicking good entertainment, Burt Kennedy at his best.