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Scandalous John (DISNEY)
from: Walt Disney Home Video
Audience Rating: G (General Audience)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 0012582000101
Format: NTSC
Label: Walt Disney Home Video
Manufacturer: Walt Disney Home Video
Number Of Items: 1
Publication Date: 1971
Publisher: Walt Disney Home Video
Running Time: 113 unknown-units
Studio: Walt Disney Home Video
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Editorial Review:
A crotchety old ranch owner fights to be able to live his life the way he wants to, and not the way other people--and the law--tell him he has to.
Customer Reviews
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Rating: - one of the very best
This remarkable and unique film is many things: it is an analogue of Don Quixote, with John McCanlis (or Don Juan) as Quixote and Paco as his sidekick. He saves a damsel (not) in distress, and battles imaginary enemies. He was a bookworm in his youth, but now regards books as useless.
The Quixote image is poignant, as the theme of this movie is the environment and its destruction in the name of "progress." And Don Juan is trying to save it. As he says, the land is to be destroyed ... Read More
Rating: - Very unique film for Disney
STORY: John McCanless is a 79 year old cowboy rancher living physically in modern times, while his mind is still in the wild west. A descendant of the Old West's greatest rancher, he protects his Crazy M Ranch in New Mexico from "them varmits, Apaches, and bandits" that no one can see but him. Turns out the real bandits are the bankers snatching up the area land for development. He hires a handyman from Mexico named Paco, after first trying to fill him full of lead. Paco is convinced to stay by the ... Read More
Rating: - Great Cowboy Comedy!! Brian Keith Rules!!
Brian Keith rules as a grouchy old rancher refusing others to run his life including the law.It's a great comedy!!
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