Paint Your Wagon

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Cast & Crew

Lee Marvin
Ben Rumson

Clint Eastwood
Sylvester Newel

Jean Seberg
Elizabeth

Harve Presnell
Rotten Luck Willie

Ray Walston
Mad Jack Duncan

Tom Ligon
Horton Fenty

Alan Dexter
Parson

William O'Connell
Horace Tabor

Benny Baker
Haywood Holbrook

Alan Baxter
Mr. Fenty

Joshua Logan
Director

Alan Jay Lerner
Screenwriter

Alan Jay Lerner
Producer

Frederick Loewe
Original Music

William A. Fraker
Cinematographer

Robert C. Jones
Film Editor

John Truscott
Production Design

Carl Braunger
Art Direction

Jack Roe
First Assistant Director

Al Murphy
First Assistant Director

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Critic Reviews for Paint Your Wagon

Audience Reviews for Paint Your Wagon

• Oct 21, 2010

  If you're a fan of movie musicals, then your viewing has probably included Paint Your Wagon at some point, and I bet you've never watched it again after that! The era of the big-budget movie musicals was long over when this one was made, and for its time, it was controversial and 'adult'. Now it seems relatively tame to have singing gold prospectors wooing and bedding the same woman. Don't look for any big performances or smash-up musical numbers with this one, there aren't any. Lee Marvin and Clint Eastwood are charismatic as ever, but they can't sing worth a damn, nor should they have tried. The results are absolutely laughable. Marvin, to his credit, could always fill a screen, even as a drunken singing prospector in underwear. I can imagine he probably was 'fully lit' for this performance -- you'd have to be stoned or drunk to get through this movie in front of, or behind the camera. Why this film really fails is that musicals don't come off well in outdoor locations. You completely lose any kind of focus on the song, because you're looking at the nice scenery, and there are some good camera shots. The scenes are confusing, the action alternating between frenetic and achingly slow. It's the kind of film that the stars probably laugh about, or wish they could erase from their memory. The songs are pretty forgettable, here's a sample: "Where are we going? I don't know! When will we get there I ain't certain, all I know is that I'm on my way!!!" The movie sort of follows this pattern...you really don't know where it's going...for hours. All I know is, it's several hours of your life that you won't get back. Go watch Singing in the Rain, it's far more entertaining.
  Mark K Super Reviewer
• Apr 14, 2010

  I love Westerns but hate Musicals so I didnt know what Id think of this 1 but it was suprisingly good
  Brody M Super Reviewer
• Oct 22, 2008

  The storyline is downright ridiculous. But I really like the music and I never knew Clint Eastwood had such a lovely singing voice! The special effects are wicked awesome, too. I watched the whole thing from beginning to end so that is saying something right there.
  Dannielle A Super Reviewer
• May 29, 2008

  OK granted, this belongs more in a comedy section than a western section, but its hard to exclude from a list of Eastwood's most memorable movies.
  James K Super Reviewer

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