Scandalous John (1971)
1h 53m | PG-13
A crotchety old ranch owner fights to be able to live his life the way he wants to, and not the way other people--and the law--tell him he has to.
Director: Robert Butler
Studio: Walt Disney Productions
Genre: Western, Comedy, Drama, Family
Video: 720p
Cast
Brian Keith
as John McCanless
Alfonso Arau
as Paco
Michele Carey
as Amanda McCanless
Rick Lenz
as Jimmy Whittaker
Harry Morgan
as Sheriff Pippin
Simon Oakland
as Barton Whittaker
Reviews
I almost enjoyed <em>'Scandalous John'</em>, but that's only down to the ending - the rest is average, at best. I like the idea of having Brian Keith and Alfonso Arau as a duo, but Keith acts over the top too many times and his character isn't the most likeable - while Arau's role falls into periods of nothingness here and there. I will say that I actually did like the ending, which went a way I wasn't expecting and surprisingly added a bit of heart to proceedings. The aforementioned, unfortunately, wasn't enough to raise it higher in my thoughts. 3*.