History Film / McLintock

-->'''[=McLintock=]: Gave? You got it all wrong, boy. I don't give jobs, I hire men.\\

* {{Pride}}: Devlin's main weakness. A former college man forced to drop out to support his family. When he ends up begging [=McLintock=] for a job he finds it galling. [=McLintock=], himself a proud man, recognizes this trait and assures Devlin, "I don't give jobs, I hire men." Knowing that Devlin wouldn't want a handout, [=McLintock=] has Drago give him $30 for his family, saying, "Tell him I pay my riders a month in advance."
-->'''Drago''': You intend to give this man a full day's work, don'tcha boy?\\

-->''"Every so often Dev, you spell the strangest ideas. Everybody works for somebody. I work for everybody in the East United States that steps into a butcher shop for a T-Bone steak and you work for me, it's not much difference."''

* BewareTheNiceOnes: Louise Warren, she's a perfect lady and an Old West YamatoNadeshiko, but she gruffly tells Katie they better talk things out or else she'll give Katherine ''another'' black eye for her SlutShaming comments.

* ObstructiveBureaucrat: Three of them: Matt Douglas, the ManipulativeBastard in charge of the homesteaders and raises sentiment against McLintock and the Indians; Agard, the government's representative for the Comanche but who can't so much as speak the language; and lastly, the stupid, pompous Governor C. H. Humphrey, who's in charge of the whole territory.

-->'''Douglas''': Just "Douglas," and you call him "Mister" McLintock. Why?

* ObstructiveBureaucrat: ''Three'' of them. Matt Douglas, , C. H. Humphrey. And a stupid one at that!

* PoliteVillainsRudeHeroes: The three {{Obstructive Bureaucrat}}s


as Cuthbert is not a villain in the conventional sense.

* ObstructiveBureaucrat: C. H. Humphrey. And a stupid one at that!

* PoliteVillainsRudeHeroes: Downplayed, as Cuthbert is not a villain in the conventional sense.

* DisproportionateRetribution: Becky demands that her father shoot Dev for the latter's wild driving and for characterizing her as a trollop. To Becky's shock, G.W. ''does'' shoot Dev...with a blank cartridge. Dev decides to spank her in retaliation.

* HAHAHANo: Katherine to Governor Humphrey, after he asks that she didn't tell GW about "you and me". She tells him off, telling him that he isn't the only man to try to romance her and fail and kicks him off close to the horseriders and some egg in the face.

* TarAndFeathers: Mrs. [=McLintock=] gets covered with molasses and then feathers during the climactic Indian raid.

* JerkassHasAPoint: McClintock cautioning the settlers. They don't take kindly to him telling them their journey was worthless. But as he says "God made that land for the buffalo. It serves pretty well for cattle. But it hates the plow! And even the government should know you can't farm six thousand feet above sea level!"

* Single-TargetSexuality: GW and Katie despite their fighting and apparently cheating ways. GW is utterly confused about why Katie is so upset with him despite knowing about the lipstick on his collar. To quote him "Half the women in the world are women. Why does it have to be you that stirs me?" Implying he isn't really attracted to other women. He might smile at a saloon girl but he wouldn't take her upstairs. He knows he'd never cheat on her and it flabbergasts him why she'd ever doubt that. On the other hand he's upset that she danced with the Governor but unlike her isn't truly worried because he knows she won't cheat. To quote her response to the governor implying there was something between them. "Do you think you're the only man to try and play patty fingers with me? Who's ever tried to lure me out into the moon light? Well I'm a big girl and I can take care of myself and my husband knows it." You can see it between them when they see each other for the first time in two years.

Cattle baron George Washington [=McLintock=] (John Wayne) is living the single life on his ranch. He is estranged from his snobbish wife, Katherine (Maureen O'Hara), who left him two years before. [=McLintock=] hires young Devlin Warren as a hand and his beautiful mother, Louise Warren, as his cook and welcomes their family into his home. He also butts heads with Matt Douglas, a sleazy bureaucrat who is looking to discredit [=McLintock=], and remove the local Indians. Sparks begin to fly as an unexpected turn of events results in brawls, gunfire, an Indian attack... and the return of Mrs. [=McLintock=], who wants custody over their daughter Becky (coming home from college) and a divorce from G.W.

--> '''[=McLintok=]:''' "Half the people in the ''world'' are women. Why does it have to be ''you'' that stirs me?" ''(Passionate kiss)''

-->'''[=McLintock=]:''' ''Katherine, you women are always raising hell about one thing when it's something else you're really sore about!''

-->'''Cuthbert:''' ''Your husband is a rude man.''
-->'''Katherine:''' ''Yes, Cuthbert, I know.''

-->'''Douglas''': ''Just "Douglas," and you call him "Mister" McLintock. Why?''
-->'''Sheriff''': ''Well, Douglas, I guess it's because he ''earned'' it.''

* ShesGotLegs: Katherine, who ends up running around in her chemise, corset, and pantelettes and ends up being the only woman to show off her legs.

* ShesGotLegs: Katherine, ends up running around in her chemise, corset, and pantelettes and ends up being the only woman to show off her legs.

* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Sheriff Lord lets Douglas have it with one sentence near the beginning.
--->'''Douglas''': ''Just "Douglas," and you call him "Mister" McLintock. Why?''
--->'''Sheriff''': ''Well, Douglas, I guess it's because he ''earned'' it.''

''[=McLintock!=]'' is a 1963 American-made film, directed by Andrew V. [=McLaglen=], and starring Creator/JohnWayne and Creator/MaureenOHara.

* AbsoluteCleavage: [[MaureenOHara Katherine]] in a chase scene while in her [[OfCorsetsSexy undergarments]]; the saloon girls aren't so bad themselves.

* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: if this movie has the look and feel of a Creator/JohnFord production... it's because it uses a lot of Ford's ProductionPosse in the cast and crew.

* TurnTheOtherFist: GW is sore at the guy who nearly got an innocent Commanche lynched when he baselessly accused the local tribe of kidnapping his daughter (she was actually spending some time with her boyfriend). On top of this, the same guy repeatedly jabbed GW in the gut with a shotgun when he tried to intervene. Once the situation has been diffused, GW grabs the gun away, [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech gives him a verbal dressing down]], and remarks that ''someone'' oughta belt him for the trouble he caused.

* NoExceptYes: GW is ''not'' intoxicated. Yet.