Scandalous John is a 1971 wonderful, gentle, and old-fashioned Western film directed by Robert Butler.
Plot[]
The Old West is just not the same, what with so few cattle being run, and law-abiding folk running around like they own everything. In this family comedy drama, it's too much for John McCanless (Brian Keith). He is a modern rancher who has been so deeply affected by the death of his wife that he has retreated into a world of Wild West imagination. He is also a cranky former gunslinger who has no intention of selling his beloved acres to some fool who wants to build a dam and flood them all. Going "gently into that good night" is not in the cards at all, and this latter-day Quixote prepares to wage a lonely battle against the namby-pamby modern world. His ranch hand, Paco (Alfonso Arau), an illegal immigrant, and his bemused daughter, Amanda (Michele Carey) do what they can to help.
Cast[]
- Brian Keith - John McCanless
- Paul Koslo - Pipes
- Rick Lenz - Jimmy Whittaker
- Jimmy Lydon - Grotch
- Larry D. Mann - Bartender
- Margarito Mendoza - Mariachi Band
- Simon Oakland - Barton Whittaker
- Robert Padilla - Paco's Cousin
- Jack Raine - Switchman
- John Ritter - Wendell
- Fran Ryan - Farm Woman
- Bill Williams - Sheriff Hart
- John Zaremba - Wales
- Bill Zuckert - Abernathy
- Alfonso Arau - Paco
- Jose Nieto - Mariachi Band
- William O'Connell - Men's Store Clerk
- Lenore Stevens - Girl
- Alex Tinne - Clerk
- Harry Morgan - Pippin, Sheriff
- Freddie Hernandez - Mariachi Band
- Iris Adrian - Mavis
- Ben Baker - Dr. Kropak
- Michele Carey - Amanda McCanless
- Booth Colman - Gov. Murray
- Christopher Dark - Card Dealer
- Sam Edwards - Bald head
- Edward Faulkner - Hillary
- Bruce Glover - Sludge
- Richard Hale - Old Indian
Production Cast[]
- Robert Butler - Director
- Bill Walsh - Producer, Screenwriter
- Tom Leetch - Producer
- Chuck Keehne - Costume Designer
- Cotton Warburton - Editor
- Dean Thomas - Sound/Sound Designer
- Don DaGradi - Screenwriter
- Emile Kuri - Set Designer
- Emily Sundby - Costume Designer
- Frank V. Phillips - Cinematographer
- Frank R. McKelvey - Set Designer
- John Mansbridge - Art Director
- Richard Gardner - Book Author
- Robert Clatworthy - Production Designer
- Robert J. Schiffer - Makeup
- Robert Mattey - Special Effects
- Robert O. Cook - Sound/Sound Designer
- Rod McKuen - Songwriter, Composer (Music Score)
- Ted Schilz - First Assistant Director
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Copyright info[]
A copyright renewal for the film was registered on June 29, 1998.[1]