Uniform Title |
Cactus Jack (Motion picture : 1979) |
Title |
Cactus Jack. |
Published |
Australia : Distributed by Umbrella Entertainment, ©2022. |
©1979 |
Description |
1 DVD-video (89 minutes) : sound, colour ; 12 cm. |
Notes |
Catalogued from container. |
Umbrella Entertainment : DAVID4681. |
Originally released as a motion picture in 1979. |
Its title when released in the UK and Australia was Cactus Jack ; The film was released in the United States as The Villain. |
Credits |
Directed byHal Needham ; written by Robert G. Kane ; produced by Mort Engelberg. |
Performers |
Kirk Douglas, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Ann-Margret, Paul Lynde. |
Summary |
He's dressed in black from boots to hat and he's twirling double iron. His name is "Cactus Jack" Slater and he's the villain. 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 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, Cactus 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 and the lady with a white hatted paladin's good luck. Ride along with a horse named Whiskey, and an all-star cast featuring Paul Lynde, Foster Brooks, Ruth Buzzi, Jack Elam and Strother Martin, as Cactus Jack plots to outsmart Handsome with slapstick determination. A raucous western spoof that proves you can't judge a cowboy by the colour of his hat. |
Target audience note |
Censorship classification : PG. |
System details |
DVD video ; Dolby Digital 5.1/2.0 ; NTSC ; Region 4 ; widescreen 16:9 ; 1.77:1. |
Language note |
English. |
Subjects |
Brigands and robbers -- Drama |
Swindlers and swindling -- Drama |
Gunfighters -- Drama |
Feature films -- United States |
Motion pictures, American |
Genre |
Comedy films |
Western films |
Feature films |
Fiction films |
Other Names |
Needham, Hal, 1931-2013 director. |
Douglas, Kirk, 1916-2020 actor. |
Schwarzenegger, Arnold actor. |
Ann-Margret, 1941- actor. |
Lynde, Paul actor. |
Added titles |
Villain (Motion picture) |
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