Cactus Jack (The Villain) (1979)
Very frequent violence
He's dressed in black from boots to hat and he's twirling double iron. His name is "Cactus Jack" Slater. Kirk Douglas stars as the ne'er-do-well highwayman in this screwball gunslinger comedy co-starring Arnold Schwarzenegger as Handsome Stranger and Ann-Margret as the lusty Miss Charming Jones. Charming's father Parody has sent her on a risky overland errand, providing crooked banker Avery Simpson with the perfect chance to double-cross Parody out of a silver fortune.
And when Simpson offers to buy Cactus Jack out of the Snakes End Jail if he'll do the dirty work, Jack schemes to double-cross the double-crosser. But his plans are foiled when Arnold Schwarzenegger weighs in as Handsome Stranger. He owes Parody Jones his life, and the payback is pure pistol-popping laughter as the blue-eyed do-gooder does his duty: protecting the loot. This raucous Western spoof from Hal Needham (director of The Cannonball Run) proves you can't judge a cowboy by the colour of his hat!
| Status: | Unavailable |
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| Run time: | 89mins |
| Origin: | UNITED STATES |
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Member Reviews (12)
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Marcie
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Absolute stunner! Watched this with my dad and we were laughing till we cried :)
Tamaresque
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Laugh-out-loud funny. One of my favourite lines is when Anne Margaret's character, Charming Jones, asks Arnie's character, Handsome Stranger, how he got his name. With a straight face Arnie proclaims, "I vos named after my fahdah". I love how this movie mixes the old time westerns with road-runner style animation. I saw this film with a group of teenage boys when I worked in a juvenile detention centre. It was a favourite with the kids and always good for lots of big laughs.
Margaret
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I loved this years ago when it first came out. It seems slower now! But the horse definitely steals the show
Nicole
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Enjoyed it for a older movie but wouldnt get it again
Basil C.
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Ferida R.
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Was terrific 20 years ago!
Allan B.
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a very movie but i dont think its a true story
Trevor B.
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Excellent Movie
Plenty of laughs of Cactus Jack (Kirk Douglas) antics. A movie the whole family can watch.
sharqiya
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Yee Haa!! This is such fun, I have watched it so many times and I just love the horse Whisky!!
If only for Whisky ( the star of the movie) you should watch this!!
Philip H.
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Overall this was a rather silly movie, however Kirk Douglas was brilliant showing a comedic flair I didn't know he had and Ann-Margaret was gorgeous.
Melinda M.
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the dumb hero meets the dumber crook, if you loveroad runner you will love this, its just like the it great laughs all the way
Tab
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Enjoyed this quite a bit even though it was a human rendition of the Coyote and the Road Runner.