Paint Your Wagon (1969)
- Starring:
- Lee Marvin, Clint Eastwood, (more)
- Director(s):
- Joshua Logan
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- PG13
- Format(s):
- DVD
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Synopsis of Paint Your Wagon
After a debut on Broadway in 1951, Paramount spent an estimated 17 to 20 million dollars in production costs for this Lerner and Loewe musical. With Loewe's permission, Lerner wrote five additional tunes for the film with Andre Previn. Ben Rumson (Lee Marvin) is the grizzled prospector trying his luck panning for gold in California. Pardner (Clint Eastwood) is his companion. When Ben buys a woman from a Mormon, Elizabeth (Jean Seberg) expects equal rights for her gender and chooses to live with both men. Ben and Pardner tunnel under the boomtown to gather the fallen gold dust that has filtered through the cracks of the saloon and other places. The musical comedy features 13 songs, the most recognizable being "They Call The Wind Maria". The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band helps out on the song "Hand Me Down That Can O' Beans". Both Clint Eastwood and Lee Marvin are given a chance to show their vocal ability (or lack of it) in several songs. The initial release fell far short of regaining the millions put into the production, and most critics dipped their pens in poison to pan the picture -- though the film plays better than the critics would lead anyone to believe. Many jumped on the Paint Your Wagon smear campaign after the film proved to be not nearly as successful as other musicals. ~ Dan Pavlides, Rovi
- Theatrical Feature Running Time:
- 164 mins
Complete Cast of Paint Your Wagon
- Lee Marvin - Ben Rumson
- Jean Seberg - Elizabeth
- Harve Presnell - Rotten Luck Willie
- H.B. Haggerty - Steve Bull
- Karl Bruck - Schermerhorn
- Sue Casey - Sarah Woodling
- Edward Little Sky - Indian
- Pat Hawley - Clendennon
- Robert Easton - Alwell
- Paula Trueman - Mrs. MacFenty
- Alan Dexter - Parson
- Harvey Parry - Higgins
- Clint Eastwood - Pardner
- Ray Walston - "Mad Jack" Duncan
- Tom Ligon - Horton Fenty
- Geoffrey Norman - Harry Foster
- Alan Baxter - Mr. MacFenty
- John Mitchum - Jacob Woodling
- Terry Jenkins - Joe Mooney
- Roy Jenson - Hennessey
- Ben Baker - Haywood Holbrook
- L. William O'Connell - Horace Tabor
- H.W. Gim - Wong
- William Mims - Frock-Coated Man
- Director(s):
- Joshua Logan
- Writer(s):
- Paddy Chayefsky, Alan Jay Lerner
- Producer(s):
- Tom Shaw, Alan Jay Lerner
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- PG13(Adult Language, Adult Situations, Questionable for Children)
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- Westerns
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