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Release Date: 1963

Cast: Stefanie Powers, Jack Kruschen, Chill Wills, Edgar Buchanan, Maureen O'Hara, Bruce Cabot, Jerry Van Dyke, Yvonne De Carlo, Patrick Wayne, John Wayne

Categories: Movies, Western, Comedy Western, Romantic Comedy, Comedy, Romance Film, Action/Adventure

McLintock! is a 1963 comedy Western starring John Wayne and Maureen O'Hara, and loosely based on Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew. The film is notable, perhaps even infamous, for its two spanking scenes, in which mother and daughter are each paddled with coal shovels: the daughter by her suitor, the mother by her estranged husband. Richard Wormser wrote a novelisation of the screenplay. The title song was performed by the popular folk singing group The Limeliters. Cattle baron George Washington McLintock (John Wayne) is living the single life on his ranch. He is estranged from his... MORE

McLintock! is a 1963 comedy Western starring John Wayne and Maureen O'Hara, and loosely based on Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew. The film is notable, perhaps even infamous, for its two spanking scenes, in which mother and daughter are each paddled with coal shovels: the daughter by her suitor, the mother by her estranged husband. Richard Wormser wrote a novelisation of the screenplay. The title song was performed by the popular folk singing group The Limeliters. Cattle baron George Washington McLintock (John Wayne) is living the single life on his ranch. He is estranged from his wife Katherine (Maureen O'Hara), who left him two years before, suspecting him of adultery. He holds a record for throwing his hat up onto the longhorn-shaped weather vane at the top of his house every time he comes home drunk. McLintock hires beautiful widow Louise Warren (Yvonne De Carlo) as his cook and welcomes both her and her two children into his home. He also butts heads with Douglas, a sleazy bureaucrat who is looking to discredit McLintock, settle the territory, and remove the local Indians. Sparks begin to fly as an unexpected turn of events results in brawls, gunfire, an Indian LESS