Sam Whiskey
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Sam Whiskey is a 1969 comedy
-western
film
directed by Arnold Laven
and starring Burt Reynolds
a decade before he zoomed to superstar status in the late 1970s. Angie Dickinson
, Clint Walker
and Ossie Davis
co-star.
The film was one of the first to have a scene cut under the newly introduced MPAA ratings system. The version submitted by director Laven to the MPAA included "a bare-from-the-waist-up shot" of Angie Dickinson. When faced with the prospect of an "R" rating (at the time an entirely new concept), Laven substituted a tighter shot of Dickinson from the shoulders up to avoid the "R" rating.
Sam brings along a blacksmith, Jedidiah Hooker, and an inventor, O.W. Bandy, on his quest, trailed by a villain called Fat Henry who wants the loot for himself. They create a false bust of George Washington
made of gold that fools Fat Henry and are able to claim the $20,000, which Sam gratefully splits with his partners.
Whiskey and Gin
Mary McCarty was shy as a primrose,
Skin was as fair as the dew of the May.
And though she was tempted she never surrendered
Her virtue more often than four times a day!
(Chorus)
Whiskey and gin, whiskey and gin,
Mary McCarty loved whiskey and gin
The Girls in the city are skinny and pretty
Girls in the country have meat on their bones
But Mary McCarty could give them all lessons
In loving contortions and delicate moans
(Chorus)
Mary McCarty had one simple failing
She liked to love men more than 3 or 4 at a time
Mary McCarty jumped over the table
She liked to be chased in the days of her prime
(Chorus)
Mary McCarty has gone up to heaven
Shes mourned by her friends at her untimely fate
She perished one night in the arms of her lover
And past from this world .... she was just eighty eight
(Chorus)
Comedy
Comedy , as a popular meaning, is any humorous discourse or work generally intended to amuse by creating laughter, especially in television, film, and stand-up comedy. This must be carefully distinguished from its academic definition, namely the comic theatre, whose Western origins are found in...
-western
Western (genre)
The Western is a genre of various visual arts, such as film, television, radio, literature, painting and others. Westerns are devoted to telling stories set primarily in the latter half of the 19th century in the American Old West, hence the name. Some Westerns are set as early as the Battle of...
film
Film
A film, also called a movie or motion picture, is a series of still or moving images. It is produced by recording photographic images with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or visual effects...
directed by Arnold Laven
Arnold Laven
Arnold Laven was an American film and television director and producer. He was one of the founders and principals of the American film and television production company Levy-Gardner-Laven. Laven was a producer of, among other things, the long-running western television series The Rifleman and...
and starring Burt Reynolds
Burt Reynolds
Burton Leon "Burt" Reynolds, Jr. is an American actor. Some of his memorable roles include Bo 'Bandit' Darville in Smokey and the Bandit, Lewis Medlock in Deliverance, Bobby "Gator" McCluskey in White Lightning and sequel Gator, Paul Crewe and Coach Nate Scarborough in The Longest Yard and its...
a decade before he zoomed to superstar status in the late 1970s. Angie Dickinson
Angie Dickinson
Angie Dickinson is an American actress. She has appeared in more than fifty films, including Rio Bravo, Ocean's Eleven, Dressed to Kill and Pay It Forward, and starred on television as Sergeant Suzanne "Pepper" Anderson on the 1970s crime series Police Woman.-Early life:Dickinson, the second of...
, Clint Walker
Clint Walker
Norman Eugene Walker, known as Clint Walker , is an American actor best known for his cowboy role as "Cheyenne Bodie" in the TV Western series, Cheyenne.-Life and career:...
and Ossie Davis
Ossie Davis
Ossie Davis was an American film actor, director, poet, playwright, writer, and social activist.-Early years:...
co-star.
The film was one of the first to have a scene cut under the newly introduced MPAA ratings system. The version submitted by director Laven to the MPAA included "a bare-from-the-waist-up shot" of Angie Dickinson. When faced with the prospect of an "R" rating (at the time an entirely new concept), Laven substituted a tighter shot of Dickinson from the shoulders up to avoid the "R" rating.
Plot
The husband of Laura Breckenridge has stolen $200,000 from a Denver mint. To return the money and clear her name, she offers Sam Whiskey a $20,000 reward to recover it.Sam brings along a blacksmith, Jedidiah Hooker, and an inventor, O.W. Bandy, on his quest, trailed by a villain called Fat Henry who wants the loot for himself. They create a false bust of George Washington
George Washington
George Washington was the dominant military and political leader of the new United States of America from 1775 to 1799. He led the American victory over Great Britain in the American Revolutionary War as commander-in-chief of the Continental Army from 1775 to 1783, and presided over the writing of...
made of gold that fools Fat Henry and are able to claim the $20,000, which Sam gratefully splits with his partners.
Mary McCarty
Through out the movie bits and pieces of a melodious story of saucy lady named Mary McCarty are revealed by Sam Whiskey with the final verse given to the viewers by Jed Hooker. Whiskey and Gin titles this amusing and provocative song as to also being the constant in chorus.Whiskey and Gin
Mary McCarty was shy as a primrose,
Skin was as fair as the dew of the May.
And though she was tempted she never surrendered
Her virtue more often than four times a day!
(Chorus)
Whiskey and gin, whiskey and gin,
Mary McCarty loved whiskey and gin
The Girls in the city are skinny and pretty
Girls in the country have meat on their bones
But Mary McCarty could give them all lessons
In loving contortions and delicate moans
(Chorus)
Mary McCarty had one simple failing
She liked to love men more than 3 or 4 at a time
Mary McCarty jumped over the table
She liked to be chased in the days of her prime
(Chorus)
Mary McCarty has gone up to heaven
Shes mourned by her friends at her untimely fate
She perished one night in the arms of her lover
And past from this world .... she was just eighty eight
(Chorus)
Cast
- Burt ReynoldsBurt ReynoldsBurton Leon "Burt" Reynolds, Jr. is an American actor. Some of his memorable roles include Bo 'Bandit' Darville in Smokey and the Bandit, Lewis Medlock in Deliverance, Bobby "Gator" McCluskey in White Lightning and sequel Gator, Paul Crewe and Coach Nate Scarborough in The Longest Yard and its...
as Sam Whiskey - Angie DickinsonAngie DickinsonAngie Dickinson is an American actress. She has appeared in more than fifty films, including Rio Bravo, Ocean's Eleven, Dressed to Kill and Pay It Forward, and starred on television as Sergeant Suzanne "Pepper" Anderson on the 1970s crime series Police Woman.-Early life:Dickinson, the second of...
as Laura Breckenridge - Clint WalkerClint WalkerNorman Eugene Walker, known as Clint Walker , is an American actor best known for his cowboy role as "Cheyenne Bodie" in the TV Western series, Cheyenne.-Life and career:...
as O.W. Bandy - Ossie DavisOssie DavisOssie Davis was an American film actor, director, poet, playwright, writer, and social activist.-Early years:...
as Jed Hooker - William SchallertWilliam SchallertWilliam Joseph Schallert is an American actor who has appeared in many films and in such television series as The Smurfs, The Rat Patrol, Gunsmoke, The Patty Duke Show, The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis, The Waltons, Bonanza, Leave It to Beaver, The Dick Van Dyke Show, Love, American Style, Get...
as Peters - Woodrow ParfreyWoodrow ParfreyWoodrow Parfrey was an American film and television actor from the 1950s to the early 1980s. e appeared on Broadway in Advise and Consent .-Biography:...
as Bromley