The Great Scout & Cathouse Thursday
Watch TrailerSam Longwood, a frontiersman who has seen better days, spies the gold-mine partner, Jack Colby, who ran off with all the gold from a mine they were prospecting fifteen years earlier. He tells his other partners from that time, Joe Knox and Billy, and they confront Colby demanding not only the thousand dollars he took but an addition fifty-nine thousand for their trouble. After being thwarted in this attempt, they, and a would-be named Thursday, hatch a plan to kidnap Colby's wife, Nancy Sue, who is coincidently Sam's old flame, but find that Nancy Sue is not the sweet girl that Sam remembers.
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📋 Film Details
| Year | 1976 |
| Country | United States of America |
| Genre | Comedy, Western |
| Director | Don Taylor |
| Runtime | 102 min. |
| Rating | TMDB: 5.0/10 (25 votes) |
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🎬 MovieFinder's Take
The film constructs a classic Western premise only to deconstruct it through a lens of slapstick comedy, relying on the bumbling chemistry of its has-been heroes. It explores themes of faded glory and misguided nostalgia not with pathos, but with a series of escalating, ridiculous schemes.
What lingers after the credits is the cheerful absurdity of the endeavor—a treasure hunt where the real gold is the camaraderie in failure. A lighthearted parody that doesn't shoot to kill, only to gently amuse. — MovieFinder Editorial
Director: Don Taylor
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Best enjoyed with friends, leaning into the silly charm of its offbeat frontier caper.
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