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The Duchess and the Dirtwater Fox

The Duchess and the Dirtwater Fox

Comedy · Western · Romance · 1976

A female hustler is chasing after rich men, but becomes repeatedly mixed up with a suave con man and card shark through a series of misadventures before falling in love with him.

Movie details

The Duchess and the Dirtwater Fox

“Once upon a time, If the rustlers didn't get you, the hustlers did.”

1976 Comedy · Western · Romance 1h 43m

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6.1 / 10

Community rating

A female hustler is chasing after rich men, but becomes repeatedly mixed up with a suave con man and card shark through a series of misadventures before falling in love with him.

CriticWise case file

What this film says about your taste.

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Melvin Frank

Written by

Barry Sandler · Melvin Frank · Jack Rose

George Segal

George Segal

Charlie 'Dirtwater Fox' Malloy

Goldie Hawn

Goldie Hawn

Amanda Quaid / Duchess Swansbury

Conrad Janis

Conrad Janis

Gladstone (Widdicombe's assistant)

Thayer David

Thayer David

Josiah Widdicombe (Mormon patriarch)

Jennifer Lee Pryor

Jennifer Lee Pryor

Trollop

Sid Gould

Sid Gould

Rabbi

Richard Farnsworth

Richard Farnsworth

Stagecoach driver

Court is in session

Put The Duchess and the Dirtwater Fox on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Sentimental Softie

“Sincerity is not manipulation.”

The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.

The prosecution The Big-Idea Head

“The strings are showing.”

Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.