Aging rancher and self-made man, George Washington McLintock is forced to deal with numerous personal and professional problems. Seemingly everyone wants a piece of his enormous farmstead, including high-ranking government men and nearby Native Americans. As McLintock tries to juggle his various adversaries, his wife—who left him two years previously—suddenly returns. But she isn't interested in George; she wants custody of their daughter.
Acting
Wayne and O'Hara's volcanic chemistry—screaming, slapping, mud-wrestling.
Stunts
That infamous brawl down a muddy hillside—practical chaos.
Director
Andrew V. McLaglen
John Wayne
George Washington McLintock
Maureen O'Hara
Katherine Gilhooley McLintock
Patrick Wayne
Devlin Warren
Stefanie Powers
Becky McLintock
Jack Kruschen
Jake Birnbaum
Chill Wills
Drago
Yvonne De Carlo
Louise Warren
Jerry Van Dyke
Matt Douglas Jr.
Edgar Buchanan
Bunny Dull
Bruce Cabot
Ben Sage
Perry Lopez
Davey Elk
Strother Martin
Agard
Gordon Jones
Matt Douglas
Robert Lowery
Governor Cuthbert H. Humphrey
Hank Worden
Curly Fletcher
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Maureen O'Hara did her own stunts in the mud fight, later calling it 'the most physically demanding thing I ever filmed.' Wayne supposedly choreographed it like a dance.
Released the same year as 'The Great Escape' and 'Cleopatra,' this was Wayne's attempt to replicate his earlier 'The Quiet Man' success—domestic farce with Irish tempest. The Native American subplot awkwardly gestures at revisionism while undercutting it with slapstick.
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