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THE VILLAIN (1979) |
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MORGAN'S RATING |
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| Kirk Douglas stars as the ne'er-do-well highwayman in this screwball gunslinger comedy co-starring Ann Margaret has the lusty Miss Charming Jones and Arnold Schwarzenegger as Handsome Stranger. 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 Simpsons 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 by Handsome Stranger. He owes Parody Jones his life, and the payback is pure pistol-popping laughter as the blie-eyed dogooder does his duty: protecting the loot and the lady with a white-hatted paladin's good luck. |
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| Kirk Douglas (Cactus Jack), Ann-Margret (Charming Jones), Arnold Schwarzenegger (Handsome Stranger), Paul Lynde (Nervous Elk), Foster Brooks (Bank Clerk), Ruth Buzzi (Damsel in Distress), Jack Elam (Avery Simpson), Strother Martin (Parody Jones), Ray Bickel (Man), Robert Tessier (Mashing Finger), Mel Tillis (Telegraph Agent), Laura Lizer Sommers (Working Girl), Jan Eddy (Sheriff), Mel Todd (Conductor), Jim Anderson (Bartender), Ed Little (Little Man in Bar), Dick Dickinson, Richard Brewer (Men in Bar), Charles Haigh, Ron Duffy, Earl W. Smith, Mike Cerre, Lee Davis (Salesmen), Dick Armstrong (Ticket Agent), Sheldon Rosner (Little Man Outside Bank), Bud Stout (Blacksmith), Ott (Whiskey). |
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THE FASTEST FUN IN THE WEST. |
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PRODUCTION INFORMATION |
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DIRECTOR: Hal Needham (Cannonball Run II).
WRITER: Robert G. Kane.
PRODUCER: Mort Engleberg.
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: Paul Maslansky.
ORIGINAL MUSIC: Bill Justis.
DISTRIBUTOR: Columbia PIctures. |
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QUOTES |
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Telegraph Agent: (suttering) W-w-w-h-y d--d-d-o you t-t-alk s-s-o f-f-u-nny?
Handsome Stranger: [heavy Austrian accent] That's easy for you to say. |
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FACTS |
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[Charity is bending over while wearing a low cut dress]
Charity: Well, Handsome; would you like to grab a hold of these?
Handsome Stranger: Sure.
[picks up her luggage and walks off] |
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| RELEASE DATE: July 27th, 1979 (USA) |
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CRITICAL COMMENTS |
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| "Combination Western spoof/Road Runner cartoon makes Cat Ballou look subtle, but may make you laugh if it hits you in a silly frame of mind." -- Leonard Maltin |
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[Handsome Stranger and Cactus Jack are about to shoot it out]
Charity: Just a minute! Now, Handsome, what are you planning to do if you win?
Handsome Stranger: Well, I'm going to take the money and give it to your father like I promised and go on my way trying to do good.
Charity: And you, Cactus Jack?
Cactus Jack: Well, first I'm going to kill him, then steal the money and ravish you within an inch of your life.
Charity: Too bad, Handsome; you lose. |
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| "After watching The Villain, I was quick to understand why I had never heard of the film before. Columbia TriStar has dumped the film to DVD with a nonchalant release." -- Dean E. Winkelspecht, DVDTown.com |
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| "The Villain is terrible. It i s always infantile, usually humorless, and sometimes absolutely dreadful." -- Jason Bovberg, DVDTalk.com |
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| "Sadly, the end result of The Villain is a pathetically limp, boring debacle. Telegraphed jokes, excessive corniness, actors phoning it in, an Al Gore-like Schwarzenegger, bad timing, and some truly awful, lame humor overwhelm the occasional bright spots." -- Nicolas Sylvain, DVDVerdict |
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