This movie gave me a belly ache the first two or three times I saw it -- from laughing so hard! It's about the cavalry and old West, but has many elements of the 1960s and 1970s mixed in, not the least of which is a Mariachi singer and his group entertaining in the saloon (I thought it sounded more like Rock than Mariachi.) The story has several interesting twists and includes dialog that seems to be going surely toward expletives and ends up being much more tame. Slim Pickens expresses his disappointment by a pointed, "Ah, Shi--oot!" I've owned a VHS tape of this for years, but it degraded and became nearly unusable. I was delighted to find and purchase the DVD version, which brought back the audio and video detail nearly equal to my first experience with the movie on the big screen. While some scenes seem almost contrived; overall, this is a movie worth watching at least once -- or twice -- or, I can't count the times I've seen it. I hope you'll like it at least as well as I did the third time, many years ago.Read full review
The disc was a long awaited movie. Saw it as a kid. Thoroughly enjoyed
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I had seen the movie years ago. Enjoyed it and wanted to share the fun with my kids. There was a scratch on the disc but it didnt affect the viewing. Am I rating the movie or the disc???
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This is w/o doubt the WORST new DVD I've ever seen, let alone bought! Video quality was at best D-; audio maybe C. I'd seen the movie years ago on TV and enjoyed it; the reason I ordered a new copy. The cast includes the excellent character actors Jack Elam and Denver Pyle. Even the script is reasonable for a family comedy. But that is the sorriest sealed copy of an alleged commercial DVD I ever paid good money for. I never heard of this outfit that pressed it, but I wouldn't recommend it even for an enemy. M. G. Smith, Scranton, KS
Great film! Material film quality is a bit faded but doesn't detract from the movie.
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I watched this movie when it was new. Some of the humour is dated due to its age. It is a family movie and due to its theme of the American cavalry, camels and the desert I believe most veterans of the Irani and Afghani fronts would enjoy the laughs. The actual experiment of use of the camel in cavalry operation did take place in our history. I have been looking for years to see this movie again and I.m quite happy to find it. Thanks!
Very funny western, filmed in Tucson, AZ. I had not seen this since the late 70s. Very entertaining.
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Classic movie that is fun for the family.
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We had seen this movie some time ago and really liked it. One of the best westrn comedies based on a true story! At the time we lived outside of San Antonio TX and on weekends we would take our boys diffarent places in Texas within a days travel to see things they had heard of. One of the plsces we ended up going was to the town in the movie. The town still exists and has a General Store where they sell plush camels. We hd a great time there and teh boys have always wanted the movie and to go back there again someday.
Very funny. Great cast, especially Jim Hampton.
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