Sam Whiskey
1969 PG
WESTERN 1h 36min
CAST— Burt Reynolds, Clint Walker,
Ossie Davis, Angie Dickinson
MUSIC— Herschel Burke Gilbert DIRECTOR— Arnold Laven
Another Western comedy that fails to take
off. Burt Reynolds plays the titular cowboy, a drinkin’, gamblin’, schemin’
jack of all trades. When Angie Dickinson asks a favor of him it takes a little
friendly persuasion (not to mention $20,000) to talk him into it. The favor?
Recover a load of gold bars from a sunken riverboat and (now here’s the catch)
return it to the U.S. mint. Reynolds partners with a hard fighting blacksmith
and a hard drinking inventor to uncover the loot. But they must watch out for a
band of thugs following their every move. Sometimes fun, sometimes lackluster,
but always rich in character (if not in originality).
OUR RATING— ** ½
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