Dirty Dingus Magee

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Dirty Dingus Magee
Directed by	Burt Kennedy
Produced by	Burt Kennedy
Written by	David Markson (novel) Tom Waldman Frank Waldman Joseph Heller
Starring	Frank Sinatra George Kennedy Anne Jackson
Release date(s)	November 18, 1970
Running time	91 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
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Dirty Dingus Magee is a comic 1970 western film starring Frank Sinatra as the title outlaw and George Kennedy as a sheriff out to capture him. It was based on the novel The Ballad of Dingus Magee by David Markson.

1 Plot
2 Production
3 Cast
4 See also
5 External links

[edit] Plot

Dingus Magee (Sinatra) is an outlaw in the old west who undertakes a series of comic adventures with the local sheriff (Kennedy) in pursuit.

[edit] Production

Dirty Dingus Magee was filmed under the title Sheriff and the Dirty Scrubber, but the title was changed before release due to legal reasons.

Although the title role was written for a 19 year-old, when Sinatra (then 54 years old) became interested in the role after passing on Dirty Harry, accommodations were made to alter the character to this new age. Dirty Dingus Magee continued a trend of comic westerns featuring big-name stars that were popular during the era e.g. Support Your Local Gunfighter, Support Your Local Sheriff and The Good Guys and The Bad Guys

Despite the films drawbacks and single-minded appeal, it has been said that star, Frank Sinatra, enjoyed making the film, needing some light work after the death of his father Marty Sinatra the year before production started.