Something Big
Seen it?1971 | 108 min | Western, Comedy
Monday Morning Maybeearly ratingWhy it’s a Monday Morning Maybe
With just 0% on Rotten Tomatoes, a box office flop and little lasting buzz, this one could be a tough watch. Keep your phone handy.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- Made for anyone who wants a laugh. If you loved The Ballad of Buster Scruggs, start here.
- The mood
- Light and funny.
- The pace
- Breezy, at 1 hr 48 min.
- What might put you off
- Rated PG. Worth a look first if you have very young kids.
- Made in 1971: an older pace and style.
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 earned its rating
- CriticsWeak
0% on Rotten Tomatoes
- AudiencesNot counted
Not measured yet: not enough ratings
- AwardsNot counted
No major awards or nominations
- Reach & staying powerWeak
Streaming release that reached a small audience so far
- Buzz & cultural impactBelow par
About 17K people sought it out in the past year
Trailer
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Cast & crew
Directed by Andrew V. McLaglen
- Dean MartinJoe Baker
- Brian KeithCol. Morgan
- Carol WhiteDover McBride
- Honor BlackmanMary Anna Morgan
- Ben JohnsonJesse Bookbinder
- Albert SalmiJonny Cobb
- Don KnightTommy McBride
- Joyce Van PattenPolly Standall
- Denver PyleJunior Frisbee
- Merlin OlsenSgt. Fitzsimmons