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
Donald Elson -
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 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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