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Dirty Dingus Magee
“Sinatra plays cowboys and indians for adults!”
4.7 / 10• 1970• 1h 31m•PG-13• English
ComedyWestern
Storyline
Ass-breaker Dingus Magee is looking for a gold train when he comes upon old acquaintance Hoke Birdsill on stage to San Francisco, and robs him of his money. Hoke goes to the nearby town of Yerkey's Hole, where Belle Knops is both mayor and bordello-mistress. She appoints Hoke Town Sheriff and tries to get him to stir up the Indians so the soldiers at the nearby fort (the main customers) won't go to Little Big Horn. Dingus tries to stir up more trouble and get involved with the pale, baby-talking Indian, Anna. The film is a send-up of the oft-repeated phrase "the Code of the West" and exaggerates it and what it stands for into the ridiculousness that it is.
Cast & Crew
Frank Sinatra
Dingus Billy Magee
Lead
George Kennedy
Herkimer 'Hoke' Birdsill
Anne Jackson
Belle Nops
Lois Nettleton
Prudence Frost
Jack Elam
John Wesley Hardin
Michele Carey
Anna Hot Water
John Dehner
Brig. Gen. George
Henry Jones
Rev. Green
What People Are Saying
3.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Burt Kennedy's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Dirty Dingus Magee is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
