The Villain
The Villain
PG | 26 July 1979 (USA)
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Handsome Stranger has agreed to escort Charming Jones to collect her inheritance from her father. But Avery Simpson wants the money and hires notorious outlaw Cactus Jack to ambush Charming. However, Cactus Jack is not very good at robbing people.

Reviews
Titreenp SERIOUSLY. This is what the crap Hollywood still puts out?
Freaktana A Major Disappointment
Kidskycom It's funny watching the elements come together in this complicated scam. On one hand, the set-up isn't quite as complex as it seems, but there's an easy sense of fun in every exchange.
Teddie Blake The movie turns out to be a little better than the average. Starting from a romantic formula often seen in the cinema, it ends in the most predictable (and somewhat bland) way.
bandito Good humor. politically incorrect. totally like Road Runner gags style. Kirk and his Horse companion are hilarious . definitely 9 because it exist!
bkoganbing I'm not quite sure why Kirk Douglas took the part of a live Wile E. Coyote in the film villain other than to say that he had now tried the slapstick comedy genre. But in this case the frustrated coyote is not matched up with the beeping road runner. His adversary is Dudley DooRight in the person of Arnold Schwarzneggar, the Handsome Stranger. Yes folks, that's his character name.We've got a third cartoon character in the mix, Ann-Margret doing a prototype of Jessica Rabbit. Annie's really showing off the stuff today with bosoms akimbo, she's got every member of the cast panting after her with the exceptions of Strother Martin who is her father and still sees Daddy's little girl and Arnie whom she pants after, but who doesn't show the slightest interest.The bulk of the film is taken up with Kirk as villainous Cactus Jack and his horse Whiskey, doing their best to stop Arnie and Ann and rob them of a large sum of money from banker Jack Elam to Strother Martin. It's here where all the comparisons to the road runner cartoons take place.I'm sure Kirk Douglas liked the change of pace, burlesquing his own western image. And he had a tough assignment because the majority of his scenes are alone and the dialog was spoken to his horse. Maybe Mr. Ed should have been cast in the role. If anybody noticed the name of the horse Whiskey is the same name that Kirk Douglas used for his horse in his acclaimed Lonely Are The Brave.Lest you think that because this is a road runner film the ending is a road runner ending. Let's just say that Jessica Rabbit has her needs and priorities as well.
GUENOT PHILIPPE I am astonished that no user has noticed that the horse named Whiskey in this little western - as far as we can call that a western - has already been used in another Kirk Douglas movie - as an actor, not a director, of course - A very great one. One of the best movie in which he has played in his whole carrier...A notorious modern western, shot in 1962...A western that reminds the likes of Sam Peckinpah style...A western in black and white,about the end of the old West...In this film, Kirk Douglas's horse's name was "Whiskey" too. And no one has noticed it. Unbelievable !!!!You can't miss the title of this film. It would be an insult to tell you what it is. You know what I mean. Or if not, leave IMDb now, you don't deserve to stay longer in this wonderful movie lover world.I can't say anything more about this cartoon like excellent comedy action western. All the users have already told exactly what it must be said.
shawshank86 this is just a great, fun-filled adventure. sort of a spoof on all the westerns that had been coming out at the time by applying all we've learned from loony tunes. in fact, kirk douglas ends up bouncing from the roof tops hooting and hollering like daffy duck. the entire plot is set up like the coyote and the road runner, and the character names are just wicked; arnold schwarzenegger plays handsome stranger and he has to escort a gal named charming, and the entire time, kirk douglas is trying to rob them while reading an instruction manual on how to be a bad guy. what a great concept. i highly recommend this movie if you adore silly