It's crazy - the brazen cowboy

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Movie
German title It's crazy - the brazen cowboy
Original title Carry on cowboy
Country of production Great Britain
original language English
Publishing year 1965
length 95 minutes
Age rating FSK 6
Rod
Director Gerald Thomas
script Norman Hudis
production Peter Rogers
music Eric Rogers
camera Alan Hume
cut Rod Keys
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It's crazy - Caesar loves Cleopatra

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It's crazy - alarm in the horror castle

It's crazy - the brazen cowboy (also Rumpo Kid asks for a duel ; original title: Carry on Cowboy ) is the eleventh film from the carry-on film series .

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In Stodge City (a parody of Dodge City ) life goes smoothly. Mayor - in personal union also judge - Burke leads a strict regime. Alcohol is forbidden, as is spitting and swearing. The pots in poker do not consist of money, but of real (night) pots.

But then the Rumpo Kid appears. First, he reduced the number of residents of Stodge City from 204 to 201. Then he took over Belle's saloon and turned it into a prosperous Sin Babylon . In addition, the good residents are terrorized . Cattle theft is rampant and if Rumpo needs money, raises it, it just off the bench from. The fact that he shoots three cashiers in two weeks is only a marginal phenomenon. When the aging, nearly blind and deaf Sheriff Earp (Albert, not Wyatt, of course!) Is shot trying to arrest Rumpo Kid, Judge Burke has no other choice than to call for a marshal in Washington, DC .

Now Marshalls are in short supply, and in an emergency, the plumbing engineer Marshall P. Knutt , who is currently applying for a job, is mistaken for a professional marshal and is sent to Stodge City to “carry out a cleanup”. Needless to say, Knutt is by no means a gunslinger.

In the stagecoach he meets Annie Oakley, who is also on her way to Stodge to avenge her father. Unfortunately, Indians instigated by Rumpo Kid attacked the carriage. These Indians are led from one disaster to the next by their stupid chief - alcoholics by trade. Annie manages to repel the attack, but in Stodge Knutt is celebrated as a hero.

The conflicts , love affairs and misunderstandings that are now beginning naturally culminate in a grand finale.

Remarks

As with Caesar loves Cleopatra , all clichés are served. In addition, one makes use of the rich fund of legendary places and names of the western genre . Here, from Dodge City just once stodge City and from Wyatt Earp is a rickety, old Albert Earp . The final scene from High Noon is quoted in a comedic form. Bernard Bresslaw appears for the first time in the series, 13 more appearances should follow.

The German cinema premiere under the title Rumpo Kid asks for a duel was on July 7, 1967. The ZDF then had a new dubbing made, which was first broadcast on January 7, 1986.

Reviews

  • “(…) At the side of the shooting-happy Annie there are a number of adventures to be completed that keep the turbulent plot of this western parody going. Slam entertainment on a modest level. ” - Lexicon of international film
  • Joe Hembus notes that the film's joke is "mostly gross ambiguities and tried and tested gags."
  • Phil Hardy states that the film was "rough" , but had "a few forgiving aspects"
  • The Protestant film observer thinks nothing of the film: “Unsuccessful parody attempt on the genre of the Western. A few good gags don't make up for overwhelming boredom. The joke is sparse and, unfortunately, often at beer table level. The western fan will save himself this visit to the cinema! "

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  1. ↑ It's crazy - the brazen cowboy. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .Template: LdiF / Maintenance / Access used 
  2. ^ Joe Hembus: Western Lexicon - 1272 films from 1894-1975. Carl Hanser Verlag Munich Vienna 2nd edition 1977. ISBN 3-446-12189-7 . P. 503
  3. ^ Phil Hardy: The Encyclopedia of Western Movies. Woodbury Press Minneapolis 1984. ISBN 0-8300-0405-X . P. 295
  4. ↑ Evangelical Press Association Munich, Review No. 284/1967.