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Classic musical comedy western about two lonely 19th-century gold prospectors who not only buy a wife at an auction but end up sharing her. Ben Rumson is lonely and decides to buy himself some company - literally - by relieving an impoverished Mormon of one of his two wives. However, she soon falls for Ben's sidekick - the cool, calm Pardner - and a bizarre menage a trois ensues.

Keywords:

Comedy, Musical, Western, Based-on-Play, Classic, Movie, Film, Movies, Films

Additional Information:

(1969) (USA) (3 Star)

Cast:

Lee Marvin	.... Ben Rumson
Clint Eastwood	.... Pardner
Jean Seberg	.... Elizabeth
Harve Presnell	.... Rotten Luck Willie
Ray Walston	.... Mad Jack Duncan
Tom Ligon	.... Horton Fenty

Supporting Cast:

Alan Dexter	.... Parson
William O'Connell	.... Horace Tabor
Benny Baker	.... Haywood Holbrook
Alan Baxter	.... Mr. Fenty
Paula Trueman	.... Mrs. Fenty
Robert Easton	.... Atwell
Geoffrey Norman	.... Foster
H.B. Haggerty	.... Steve Bull
Terry Jenkins	.... Joe Mooney

Directors:

Joshua Logan

Writers:

Paddy Chayefsky
Alan Jay Lerner