A female hustler is chasing after rich men, but becomes repeatedly mixed up with a suave con man and card shark through a series of misadventures before falling in love with him.A female hustler is chasing after rich men, but becomes repeatedly mixed up with a suave con man and card shark through a series of misadventures before falling in love with him.A female hustler is chasing after rich men, but becomes repeatedly mixed up with a suave con man and card shark through a series of misadventures before falling in love with him.
- Awards
- 1 nomination
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe nick-names of the lead female character played by Goldie Hawn) were "Bluebird" and "The Duchess of Swansbury". Hawn's character's real name is "Amanda Quaid" in the end credits, yet this name is never spoken at all during the film.
- GoofsWhen Malloy falls off his horse and remounts, the remount is
reverse footage of the fall as the people in the background are moving backwards.
- Quotes
Charlie 'Dirtwater Fox' Malloy: Hold it! Hold it! Hold it! Now let's not get carried away with blood lust. Where is our cup of human kindness? Where's it runneth to?
Cowboy: It runneth right up your ass, that's where it's runneth to! Somebody get a rope!
- ConnectionsFeatured in It'll Be Alright on the Night (1977)
- SoundtracksPlease Don't Touch My Plums
Words by Sammy Cahn and Melvin Frank
Music by Charles Fox
Performed by Goldie Hawn (uncredited)
This Western-comedy romp clicks here and there , getting entertaining moments and to have fun enough . Period Western strung together with several attempts at humor , all about a musical-hall dancer who meets a bumbling shark on the make . Well played by a very sympathetic duo , George Segal and Goldie Hawn , both of them are frankly good . Being assisted by an acceptable but little known support cast , such as : Conrad Janis , Thayer David, Jennifer Pryor and brief appearance by Richard Farnsworth as a stage coach driver , among others .
It contains an evocative and colorful cinematograhy by Joseph F. Biroc who photographed various Robert Aldrich films . As well as lively and jolly score by Charles Fox with plenty of musical background from dance hall numbers performed by Goldie Hawn who sings a number of attractive songs . The motion picture was professionally directed by Melvin Frank, though it has some failures , gaps and flaws . Frank was a fine writer/producer/director who made various films of all kinds of genres with penchant for comedy . As Melvin directed the following ones : "Lost and found" , "Court jester" , "The Prisoner of Second Avenue" , "Touch of Class" , "Walk like a man" , and his most successful movie was : "The Front" starred by Woody Allen . Rating : 6/10 . Passable and acceptable Western comedy , though neither extraordinary , nor notable , but decent . The flick will appeal to Goldie Hawn and George Segal fans .
- ma-cortes
- Mar 19, 2021
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Box office
- Budget
- $4,590,000 (estimated)
- Runtime1 hour 43 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 2.39 : 1