Wealthy rancher G. W. McLintock uses his power and influence in the territory to keep the peace between farmers, ranchers, land-grabbers, Indians and corrupt government officials.Wealthy rancher G. W. McLintock uses his power and influence in the territory to keep the peace between farmers, ranchers, land-grabbers, Indians and corrupt government officials.Wealthy rancher G. W. McLintock uses his power and influence in the territory to keep the peace between farmers, ranchers, land-grabbers, Indians and corrupt government officials.
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- TriviaMaureen O'Hara wrote in her autobiography that the famous climactic spanking scene was completely authentic and that John Wayne carried it out with such gusto that she had bruises for a week.
- GoofsIn the mud fight scene, when John Wayne climbs out of the pit, a man is seen in the background wearing a modern grey business suit. In the same shot, there's also a person wearing sunglasses.
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George Washington McLintock: Becky! Come here. There's somethin' I ought to tell you. Guess now's as good a time as any. You're gonna have every young buck west of the Missouri around here tryin' to marry you - mostly because you're a handsome filly, but partly because I own everything in this country from here to there. They'll think you're gonna inherit it. Well, you're not. I'm gonna leave most of it to... well, to the nation really, for a park where no lumbermen'll cut down all the trees for houses with leaky roofs. Nobody'll kill all the beaver for hats for dudes nor murder the buffalo for robes. What I'm gonna give you is a 500-cow spread on the Upper Green River. Now that may not seem like much, but it's more than we had, your mother and I. Some folks are gonna say I'm doin' all this so I can sit up in the hereafter and look down on a park named after me, or that I was disappointed in you -- didn't want you to get all that money -- but the real reason, Becky, is because I love you, and I want you and some young man to have what I had, 'cause all the gold in the United States Treasury and all the harp music in Heaven can't equal what happens between a man and a woman with all that growin' together. I can't explain it any better than that.
- Crazy creditsThere are no end credits at the end of the movie.
- Alternate versionsAvailable in a 128 minutes version (by Goodtimes Entertainment) and in a shorter 122 minute version by Gemstone Entertainment. This is an edited version with all the original music and background music replaced with an all new soundtrack. Some musical scenes have been deleted and some dialogue dubbed.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Hollywood: The Great Stars (1963)
- SoundtracksLove in the Country
Sung by The Limeliters
Music Coordinator "By' Dunham'
Words & Music by "By' Dunham' and Frank De Vol
Wayne plays George Washington McLintock, a brawler and he-man in typical Western setting. O'Hara plays his feisty wife and Stefanie Powers their bratty daughter, Becky. Patrick Wayne, son of Big John, plays Becky's intended, a young man who looks like he'll wind up just like her pa.
'McLintock' is fast, furious, and funny. About as far from PC as you can get, this Western take on The Taming of the Shrew is bawdy and boisterous, and the casting is perfect. John Wayne was a man's man in the 'gotta do what he has to do' mould and this role was perfect. O'Hara - his best co-star - is also superb.
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- Budget
- $2,000,000 (estimated)
- Runtime2 hours 6 minutes
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- 2.35 : 1