In WATERHOLE #3, an outlaw and a reluctant hostage join together with a disgruntled army officer to carry out a daring gold robbery. Meanwhile, back in town, the sheriff has his mind on a gambler who's stolen a prize-winni... more »ng horse and is just about to steal the heart of the lawman's daughter, too.« less
Chad Taylor | El Cajon, CA United States | 11/16/2003
(5 out of 5 stars)
"This movie is one to put on your list. A comedy of the old west where greed, corruption and lawlessness run rampant! James Coburn who is out to get whatever he can including a maiden's virtues is fantastic in this part. Carrol O'Connor as a wayward sheriff who's more concern for his pocket rather than the law is great as well as Bruce Dern who's at his typical not quite all their best! Roger Miller's music throughout this morality play gone wrong makes this film. This needs to be on DVD!"
Not a review but a plea
breezed | upstate ny | 10/30/2004
(5 out of 5 stars)
"Anything I could say has pretty much already been said. This is a hidden treasure. Please please, whoever has the authority to do so, please put this out in a quality DVD edition. I really can't understand why it already isn't. Sadly, James Coburn isn't around anymore to do an audio commentary. I would really like to hear from all the principals what it was like to make this movie."
One of the funniest movies ever
John R. Holmes, Jr. | Bozeman, Montana | 10/02/1999
(5 out of 5 stars)
"This is a cowboy comedy. While its plot and action are silly, it is very, very funny. I already have the VHS and am waiting for the DVD."
Mindless fun
Canyon Man | Idaho | 08/26/2006
(4 out of 5 stars)
"James Coburn plays a stereotypical bad guy in this movie about a western gold robbery. Challenged in a bar to a gunfight at sundown, he walks out into the street but instead of the classical walk toward the other gunfighter, he walks around to the other side of his horse, takes the rifle out of the scabbard, sites across the saddle and shoots the gunfighter from a distance. From the body of the victim, he takes a map to stolen gold and the fun begins. The movie is actually set in a lighthearted vein, with occasional crosses into the dark side. Coburn wants the sheriff's horse, so he locks the sheriff into his own jail with no clothes and proceeds to the sheriff's place to steal the horse. This movie never heard of politically correct. The sheriff wants the gold as much as Coburn and of course there is the sheriff's daughter, who is no sure what she wants. In the background, the soundtrack has a song which talks about the "code of the west" even as every body in the movie violates it. I gave the movie 4 stars not 5, because it is not one of the greats, the plot is kind of shallow and the acting a little wooden at times, but it is a fun show."
A truly great movie...
japi39 | Lynn Haven, Fl United States | 06/09/2004
(5 out of 5 stars)
"I love satires like Blazing Saddles, Young Frankenstein etc etc and adored this movie that is a true Western satire. I own this on VHS but want to buy it on DVD. TELL the peeps who do that sort of thing !"