Brannigan
 | Directed by Douglas Hickox Starring: John Wayne, Richard Attenborough, Judy Geeson, Mel Ferrer, John Vernon MGM (Video & DVD), 1975, DVD Customer Rating: 22 reviews Recommend This product is currently not available and cannot be purchased. It means that we have no merchant offers for this product at the moment or it was discontinued by the manufacturer. |
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Fortunately, John Wayne had two vastly more interesting feature films (Rooster Cogburn and The Shootist) left in him following this disposable, leaden 1975 fish-out-of-water story. Wayne phones in his performance as a Chicago cop, Jim Brannigan, whose hunt for a fugitive in London is mostly an excuse for cross-cultural conflicts and comedy. Richard Attenborough adds local color as a Scotland Yard detective who partners with the Duke, and Judy Geeson plays a lovely, liberated constable who won't brook Brannigan's ingrained sexism. The by-the-numbers script is more pacifying for diehard Wayne fans than exciting to everyone, and the film looks embarrassingly ornamental with its naked display of touristy backdrops. Still, Brannigan is a slick tribute to the staying power of an American icon. — Tom Keogh
Title: Brannigan
Sales Rank: 21648 in DVD
Actor: John Wayne, Richard Attenborough, Judy Geeson, Mel Ferrer, John Vernon
Director: Douglas Hickox
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD), 2001-10-02, Theatrical Release: 1975-03-26
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC, Acpect Ratio 2.35:1
Languages: English (Original Language), French (Original Language), Spanish (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), Spanish (Dubbed)
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Region Code: 1
Running Time: 111 minutes
Package Dimensions: 7.5 x 5 x 0.5 inches, 0.2 pounds
- John Wayne being John Wayne.
- A lot of fun to watch. If your kids have never seen the Duke.
This is a good one to start them on. No one can play parts like
these better than John Wayne. Great addition the my John Wayne
library. More reviews
- Putting the UK in Duke
- Wayne's second try at following Clint's lead from the sagebrush to a modern urban setting is basically a retread of Coogan's Bluff and it's not bad. There are still some right-wing complaints about civil liberties, but the tone is more amiable than McQ. Everything's pretty diverting until we get to the drawn-out "funny" bare-knuckle brawl that doesn't work here… More reviews
- Not one of the better films...but it IS the Duke!
- Well, I'm a big John Wayne fan. He was and remains one of the great American icons. Brannigan is not a great film, although one of his final films; it is a necessary addition to complete one's collection. But don't blame the Duke: the writing is bad, the direction is poor, the editing is mediocre and the story is a bore. Yes, the Duke is very… More reviews
- Brannigan
- Happy to find this Good & Humious story for a hard Cop from the States In England. It is a good addition to my John Wayne Collection. More reviews
- Pure entertainment
- From the time I saw Brannigan in the theaters as a kid, through a number of chances to watch it again over the years, it has been one of my favorite movies. I grew up with the crime dramas of the 1970s, had little patience for Westerns, and am sorry John Wayne had so little time left to make detective movies. His other police drama, McQ, was… More reviews
