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The Duchess and the Dirtwater Fox is a american film of genre Comedy directed by Melvin Frank released in USA on 1 april 1976 with Goldie Hawn
The Duchess and the Dirtwater Fox (1976)
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Add to a movie listThe Duchess and the Dirtwater Fox is a 1976 Western romantic comedy film starring Goldie Hawn and George Segal, produced, directed and co-written by Melvin Frank.
^ Aubrey Solomon, Twentieth Century Fox: A Corporate and Financial History, Scarecrow Press, 1989 p258
^ Solomon p 233. Please note figures are rentals not total gross.
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A popular dance hall girl, Duchess, joins with a gambler nicknamed the "Dirtwater Fox" on the way to Salt Lake City, Utah. Seeking refuge from a pursuing gang of outlaws, the Duchess and the Dirtwater Fox join a wagon train of Mormons. On their trip, they encounter snakes, rapids, horseback pursuits through towns, and even getting tied up by the outlaws (eventually escaping).Actors
Goldie Hawn
(Amanda Quaid / Duchess Swansbury)
George Segal
(Charlie 'Dirtwater Fox' Malloy)
Thayer David
(Josiah Widdicombe (Mormon patriarch))
Richard Farnsworth
(Stagecoach driver)
Conrad Janis
(Gladstone (Widdicombe's assistant))
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