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Something Big

PG19711h 48mAndrew V. McLaglen
IMDb 5.7 · Rotten Tomatoes 0%

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"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."

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

WesternComedy
Gatling Gun

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What is Something Big (1971) about?

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…

Who stars in Something Big?

Something Big stars Dean Martin (Joe Baker), Brian Keith (Col. Morgan), Carol White (Dover McBride), Honor Blackman (Mary Anna Morgan), Ben Johnson (Jesse Bookbinder). The film was directed by Andrew V. McLaglen.

How long is Something Big?

Something Big has a runtime of 1 min and premiered in 1971. It is rated PG.

Is Something Big worth watching?

Something Big holds an IMDb rating of 5.7/10. On Rotten Tomatoes it scores 0. Fans of Western, Comedy are most likely to enjoy it — TasteRay can tell you how well it matches your personal taste.

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