Main Cast: Kirk Douglas, Ann-Margret, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Paul Lynde, Foster Brooks, Ruth Buzzi
Release Year: 1979
Country: US
Run Time: 88 minutes
MPAA Rating: PG
Plot
The presence of Paul Lynde, in a small role, reveals more about the quality and tone of this film than the three top names. A farce with plenty of slapstick, it offers Kirk Douglas as a road agent dealing with a naive hero (a young Arnold Schwarzenegger) who is seemingly out of western serials in the '40s and a beautiful, sexy saloon girl (Ann-Margret). The silly jokes are the point, not the plot, though Needham includes some impressive stunts. Some of the most notable draw blatantly on Warner Brothers roadrunner and Daffy Duck cartoons; notably, the film came from Columbia, not Warner. The film's attempt at satire is too heavy-handed to have bite. ~ Bill Wu, All Movie Guide
Jack Elam - Avery Simpson; Strother Martin - Parody Jones; Robert Tessier - Mashing Finger; Mel Tillis - Telegrapher; Laura Lizer Sommers - Working Girl; Dick Armstrong - Ticket Agent; Ray Bickel - Man; Dick Dickinson - Man in Bar; Ron Duffy - Salesman; Jan Eddy - Sheriff; Mel Todd - Conductor; James Anderson - Bartender
Credit
Carl Anderson - Art Director, Bob Mackie - Costume Designer, David Shamroy Hamburger - First Assistant Director, Hal Needham - Director, Walter A. Hannemann - Editor, Paul Maslansky - Executive Producer, Bill Justis - Composer (Music Score), William Turner - Makeup, Bobby Byrne - Cinematographer, Mort Engelberg - Producer, John V. Speak - Sound/Sound Designer, Gary Combs - Stunts, Gary Combs - Stunts Coordinator, Robert G. Kane - Screenwriter
