Something Big

A genial, rambling oater that ambles from one comic scrape to the next, ending in a Gatling-gun blaze and a wry toast.

Directed by

Andrew V. McLaglen

Genres

Western, Comedy

Starring

Dean Martin, Brian Keith, Carol White

Tagline

Sooner or later, Baker will find the right girl. And when he does, he'll swap her for a machine gun. And do something big.

Overview

Joe Baker has a dream. He wants to do 'something big.' When he needs a Gatling gun to accomplish this, he seeks out a black marketeer. The price he wants for the gun? A woman! So Baker kidnaps a woman off of the stagecoach, only to find that she is the wife of the commandant of the local Cavalry detachment. Things get further complicated when a girl named Dover McBride shows up. She has come to force Baker to marry her and return east, as he promised to do four years earlier

How it feels

Light, whimsical, satirical and warm. Measured and easy to follow.

About

Ambition, love, betrayal, loyalty

Content

Mild violence, gore, sexual content and language.

Note

Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown

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