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Sam Whiskey

Name: Sam Whiskey
Released: 1969-04-01T00:00:00.000000Z
Rating: 5.8

Don't mix with "Sam Whiskey" - It's risky!

1969 • 96 min • ★ 5.8 (33) • Released

Comedy Western

A widow hires an ex-gambler to retrieve gold bars from a sunken river boat in Colorado and discreetly return them to the Federal Mint, from where they had been stolen by her dead husband.

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Original title: Sam Whiskey
Language: EN
Country: US
Budget: —
Revenue: —

Reviews & Ratings 1

Wuchak

Oct 19, 2018 · via TMDB

★ 7.0

***Fun Western Caper with Burt Reynolds, Angie Dickinson and Clint Walker*** After being enlisted by a hot widow (Angie Dickinson), a former war spy (Burt Reynolds), a blacksmith (Ossie Davis) and an inventor (Clint Walker) team-up to salvage a treasure in gold bars from a sunken ship in the Platte River, a treasure the woman’s husband stole. They then have to return the gold bars to the Denver Mint before the phony bars are discovered and the woman’s family name is tarnished. But how will they get all those gold bars into the Mint without anyone noticing? People tend to dub this a Western Comedy, but it’s not in the silly sense of "Blazing Saddles" (1974) "Texas Across the River" (1966) or "The Duchess and the Dirtwater Fox" (1976). It's more of a Western Caper with amusing flashes, mainly due to Reynold's fun-loving title character. The same plot was later used in John Wayne’s “The Train Robbers” (1973) with Ann-Margret in the Angie Dickinson role, minus the caper in the third act. They’re both worth checking out, but I favor “The Train Robbers” because, to me, the caper in the last act gets kind of tedious, not to mention unbelievable. Nevertheless, “Sam Whiskey” features a great cast with fun-lovin’ chemistry and quality Western locations. It is presumed that the story takes place circa 1870-75 since it is detailed that Sam was a spy during the Civil War and he appears to be around 30-35 tops. Actually, the earliest the story COULD have taken place would be 1906, which is when the Denver Mint began minting coins, but this would make Whiskey about 65 years old, which he obviously isn’t. Adding to the problem, the Carson City Mint shut down in 1893. So the timeline is all fudged up. The movie runs 1 hour, 36 minutes and was shot at Universal City, Burbank and Lake Camanche, Ione, California (with underwater scenes done in Silver Springs, Florida). GRADE: B/B- (6.5/10)

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Cast 19

Burt Reynolds

Sam Whiskey

Angie Dickinson

Laura Breckenridge

Clint Walker

O.W. Bandy

Ossie Davis

Jed Hooker

William Schallert

Mr. Perkins

Woodrow Parfrey

Thorston Bromley

Anthony James

Cousin Leroy

John Damler

Hank

Robert Adler

Pete

Chubby Johnson

Blacksmith

Ayllene Gibbons

Big Annie

Sidney Clute

Clem

Wallace Earl

Mrs. Perkins

William Boyett

Corporal

Tracey Roberts

Agnes

George Sawaya

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Richard Farnsworth

Pete the Guard (uncredited)

Fritz Ford

Cowboy (uncredited)

Jack Tornek

Townsman (uncredited)

Crew 5

Helen Colvig

Costume Designer

Paul Baxley

Stunts

Arnold Laven

Director

Arnold Laven

Producer

Arthur Gardner

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US Release Dates 1

Apr 1, 1969

PG-13 Theatrical