“Frank Sinatra stars as the Wild West’s greatest con artist and petty badman in this raucous, off-color comedy where the laughs keep rolling.
When super-sly conniver Dingus Magee (Sinatra) runs into old acquaintance Hoke Birdsill (George Kennedy), Dingus does what any friend would do…he robs him. The irate Hoke promptly reports this outrage to the local bordello queen/mayor, who just promptly appoints Hoke town sheriff. Armed with a badge and a $10 reword, he sets out in hot pursuit of the wily Magee, beginning an uproarious series of misadventures, double-crosses and ludicrous liaisons in this wild-and-woolly send-up of “the code of the West”. - fr cover


Directed by
Burt Kennedy

Writing credits
David Markson (The Ballad of Dingus Magee)
Tom Waldman

Cast (in credits order)verified as complete
Frank Sinatra .... Dingus Billy Magee
George Kennedy .... Herkimer 'Hoke' Birdsill
Anne Jackson .... Belle Nops (mayor of Yerkey's Hole)
Lois Nettleton .... Prudence Frost (schoolteacher)
Jack Elam .... John Wesley Hardin
Michele Carey .... Anna Hot Water
John Dehner .... Brig. Gen. George
Henry Jones .... Rev. Green
Harry Carey Jr. .... Charles Stuart
Paul Fix .... Crazy Blanket (Anna's father)
Marya Christen .... China Poppy (Belle's maid)
Terry Wilson .... Sergeant
Willis Bouchey .... Ira Teasdale
Tom Fadden .... Trooper
Mina Martinez .... Belle's girl
Sheila Foster .... Belle's girl
Irene Kelly .... Belle's girl
Diane Sayer .... Belle's girl
Jean London .... Belle's girl
Gayle Rogers .... Belle's girl
Timothy Blake .... Belle's girl
Lisa Todd .... Belle's girl
Maray Ayres .... Belle's girl
Carol Andreson .... Belle's girl
Mae Old Coyote .... Old crone
Lillian Hogan .... Old crone
Florence Real Bird .... Old crone
Ina Bad Bear .... Old crone
David Burk .... Trooper
David S. Cass Sr. .... Trooper (as David Cass)
Don 'Red' Barry .... Shotgun (as Donald Barry)
Mike Wagner .... Stage driver
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Duncan Inches .... Cavalry Officer (uncredited)
Morgan Justin .... (uncredited)
Grady Sutton .... Corporal (general's orderly) (uncredited)

MPAA: Rated PG-13 for some bawdy humor.
Runtime: 91 min
Country: USA
Language: English
Color: Color (Metrocolor)
Sound Mix: Mono
Certification: UK:PG (video rating) (1987) / UK:AA (original rating) / Finland:S / USA:GP (original certificate: 1970) / USA:PG-13 (re-rating)