Dirty Dingus Magee (1970)

User Rating:

5.2/10   

Director:

Burt Kennedy

Writers:

David Markson (book)
Tom Waldman (screenplay) ...

Release Date:

March 1971 (Austria)

Genre:

Comedy | Western

Tagline:

Sinatra plays cowboys and indians for adults!

Plot:

Ass-breaker Dingus Magee is looking for a gold train when he comes upon old acquaintance Hoke Birdsill on stage to San Francisco...

Plot Keywords:

Code Of The West | Stagecoach Robbery | Robbery | Jade | Chest

Cast

Frank Sinatra	...	Dingus Billy Magee
George Kennedy	...	Herkimer 'Hoke' Birdsill
Anne Jackson	...	Belle Nops (mayor of Yerkey's Hole)
Lois Nettleton	...	Prudence Frost (schoolteacher)
Jack Elam	...	John Wesley Hardin
Michele Carey	...	Anna Hot Water
John Dehner	...	Brig. Gen. George
Henry Jones	...	Rev. Green
Harry Carey Jr.	...	Charles Stuart
Paul Fix	...	Crazy Blanket (Anna's father)
Marya Christen	...	China Poppy (Belle's maid)
Terry Wilson	...	Sergeant
Willis Bouchey	...	Ira Teasdale
Tom Fadden	...	Trooper
Mina Martinez	...	Belle's girl

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for some bawdy humor.

Runtime:

91 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Metrocolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

UK:AA (original rating) | UK:PG (video rating) (1987) | West Germany:12 (nf) | Finland:S | USA:GP (original certificate: 1970) | USA:PG-13 (re-rating)

Filming Locations:

Mescal, Arizona, USA

Company:

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)

Trivia:

Dingus Billy Magee was written as a 19-year-old, and had to be re-written to accommodate Frank Sinatra's casting.

Quotes:

Belle Nops: Where in the hell have you been?
Herkimer 'Hoke' Birdsill: At the jail taking care of my outlaw.
Belle Nops: I didn't make you Sheriff to take care of your outlaw, but to protect my girls here.
[indicates her bordello]
Herkimer 'Hoke' Birdsill: Is somebody threatening them?
Belle Nops: The Army is threatening them!
Charles Stuart: The Army is threatening to move out.
Belle Nops: And ruin every industry in Yerke's Hole... especially mine!
Herkimer 'Hoke' Birdsill: Why would the Army move?
Rev. Green: To go where the Indians are! That's what they come out west for - to fight Indians.
[...]

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Mystery Science Theater 3000: Overdrawn at the Memory Bank (#9.22)" (1997)

Soundtrack:

Dirty Dingus Magee

Good Movie

It has been a long time since I watched the movie (at least 5 years) I thought it was quite good. Fun to watch. The movie was full of action and was amazing how it was built around a derby hat. Sure seemed that who had the derby, was in for nothing but trouble. The list of actors was quite amazing as it was full of big time actors. I would love to see it again. I am hoping my brother has the movie still. He is the one who had it to begin with. I liked the movie a lot more than my wife did. She thought it was silly. I found it caused me to laugh all threw it. It is sure a movie worth watching again.

I sure do recommend that you see this movie. In my opinion, it is a good movie.