Waterhole No. 3

1967

Waterhole No. 3 (1967)

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"A rootin', tootin', but sincere picture" was the advertising tag for the comedy western Waterhole No. 3. James Coburn plays the likeably amoral hero, who'll go to any lengths to get his mitts on a treasure map. Like his principal rival, renegade confederate cavalryman Claude Akins, Coburn knows that a fortune in gold bullion is hidden near a desert waterhole; the trick is finding the damned thing. Along the way, Coburn humiliates redneck sheriff Carroll O'Connor and "has his way" with O'Connor's far from unwilling daughter Maggie Blye. When Blye, cast aside by Coburn in favor of his treasure quest, screams rape, Coburn replies that his only crime is "assault with a friendly weapon." Just try to get that bit past an audience in 1996. Supervised by Blake Edwards, Waterhole No. 3 is agreeably irreverent, though a little editing here and there wouldn't have hurt.

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Cast

James Coburn
as Lewton Cole
Carroll O'Connor
as Sheriff John Copperud
Maggie Blye
as Billee Copperud
Claude Akins
as Sgt. Henry Foggers
Timothy Carey
as Hilb
Bruce Dern
as Deputy
Joan Blondell
as Lavinia
James Whitmore
as Capt. Shipley
Harry Davis
as Ben Agajanian
Roy Jenson
as Doc Quinlen
Robert Cornthwaite
as George
Jim Boles
as Cpl. Blyth
Stephen Whittaker
as Soldier
Steve Whittaker
as Soldier
Ted Markland
as Soldier
Rupert Crosse
as Prince
Jay Ose
as Bartender
Buzz Henry
as Cowpoke
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James Coburn is not funny. What's more, he's actively unfunny, and what he does to a funny line shouldn't be done to a dog, although it often is.

Oct 23, 2004 | Rating: 2/4 | Full Review…
Chicago Sun-Times
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Audience Reviews for Waterhole No. 3

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What's the difference between the terms "criminal" and "rogue"? This film's opinion is that its only a matter of presentation. And so it is that James Coburn's character kills a man in a cowardly and despicable manner and then goes from there to rape a woman and its A-OK in this stilted and cross-eyed piece of work that's main excuse is that its trying to be funny. Instead its "meh". There was something I enjoyed here, and that was Carroll O'Connor performing w/o that Archie Bunker affectation over everything - he really was a good actor. Pass it by.

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