A magazine writer is assigned a piece on the Old West, so he heads West, taking his lady friend along.
Despite reading warninga of roadside scams offering tours of ghost towns that aren’t, they decide to turn down a desolate road.
They feel scammed after an elderly Indian woman charges them $5 for a chance to see a couple of dilapidated buildings.
They feel doubly so when an elderly man says she doesn’t own the property and charges them another $5 before he’ll let them leave.
But on the way out, the Indian woman regals them with the story of Jud McGraw and Little Moon.
He was a man framed for stage holdups committed by Mimmo and his gang. He left prison determined to get revenge.
She was a pretty girl raped by the men in the town of Black Nola. She’d like to get even too.
They eventually form a partnership. And with the use of their wits, a slingshot, three catapults and a kite filled with dynamite, they strike back.
James Caan as Jud McGraw, a man looking to even a score in Little Moon and Jud McGraw (1975)
Stefanie Powers at Little Moon, not sure she can trust Jud McGraw in Little Moon and Jud McGraw (1975)
Review:
Odd, odd, odd. Especially since this is the enhanced version of a film called “Gone with the West,” which didn’t include the flashback sequence, the journalist or the narrator.
Just how did someone talk Sammy Davis Jr., James Caan and Stefanie Powers into signing onto a project that resulted in such a crudely made film?
There is a certain camp value here. And Powers is sorta cute as the Indian girl who doesn’t speak English and does everything possible — from looking cute, to doing magic tricks, to doing rope tricks, to balancing a long stick on her nose — to get Caan’s attention.
But as Mimmo’s enforcer, Kid Dandy (the Davis part) does nothing to help him deal with his bigget problem at the moment (Jud). And Caan barely speaks over the course of the film.
If you decide to watch the film, check out this version. It’s the better of the two. The story-telling makes the tall tale easier to swallow and helps explain what’s happening.
Aldo Ray as Mimmo, the man behind all the trouble in Little Moon and Jud McGraw (1975)
Sammy Davis Jr. as Kid Dandy, Mimmo’s hired gun in Little Moon and Jud McGraw (1975)
Directed by:
Bernard Girard
Cast:
James Caan … Jud McGraw
Stefanie Powers … Little Moon
Aldo Ray … Mimmo
Barbara Werle … Billie
Robert Walker Jr. … Sheriff
Sammy Davis Jr. …. Kid Dandy
Kenny Adams … Artie
Heather Angel … Old Little Moon
L. Andy Stone … Old Jud McGraw
Michael Conrad … Blacksmith
Anne Barton … Blacksmith’s wife
Paul Bergen … Singing cowboy
Elmore Vincent … Jerry
Elizebeth Leigh … Gail
Runtime: 95 min.
aka:
“Gone with the West”
Kenny Adams as Artie, the barfly who gets on Kid Dandy’s nerves in Little Moon and Jud McGraw (1975)
Robert Walker Jr. as the sheriff expected to do Mimmo’s bidding in Little Moon and Jud McGraw (1975)
Memorable lines:
Posse member: “They had traps Indians haven’t even thought of yet.”
Posse member #2: “Lost four good men out there. Couldn’t even find ’em.”
Artie: “You ever try findin’ a ghost Mimmo. Well, that’s what up there. Only there must be a hundred of ’em.”
Sheriff, after Jeb intervenes when Mimmo’s men attack the blacksmith: “Wasn’t your fight.”
Jeb: “I was drinking his beer.”
Mimmo: “You had fun at Bitter Creek with a hot iron. Now let’s see how you like it.”
Stefanie Powers as Little Moon, trying to get Jud McGraw’s attention in Little Moon and Jud McGraw (1975)
James Caan as Jud McGraw, about to mix into a fight that irks Mimmo in Little Moon and Jud McGraw (1975)
Barbara Werle as Billie, Mimmo’s girlfriend and thee sister of the sheriff in Little Moon and Jud McGraw (1975)
Heather Angel as the elderly woman with a ghost town to show off in Little Moon and Jud McGraw (1975)
Elmore Vincent as Jerry, the writer asked to do a piece on the Old West with his girlfriend Gail (Elizebeth Leigh) in Little Moon and Jud McGraw (1975)
Heather Angel and L. Andy Stone as the elderly duo with a ghost town to show off in Little Moon and Jud McGraw (1975)
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