I remember watching a comedy western when I was a kid and I've been trying to find it ever since. I'm pretty sure it starred Dean Martin and Texas across the river sounds like it may be the film I remember. Can anyone tell me if there is a scene in the film where an Indian Witch Doctor or Chief turns his horse and rides under a tree, knocking himself out? Thanks.
shareI think it was the chiefs son.
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The indian that gets knocked off his horse is the medicine man.
sharemy favorite part has to be the running gag with the calvary charge - no idea what he's saying but (SPOILER ALERT!!) when the commanches use it to flee the stampeding cattle at the end of the film I'm on the floor laughing - silly but cute...
share...and the medicine man is played by none other than Richard "Dick" Farnsworth.
shareThe Cavalry always "AROR-HARR" - nobody in the movie knew what it meant either ... Ha Ha Ha!
shareThat's the word! HAHAHAHAHAHA!! I think it was to mean 'To The Rear Charge,...or something similar, but my whole family and especially my Uncle were laughing so hard I am not sure I've laughed that hard since. It was a great time at the movie's and one of the few times my whole family and Uncle Rusty & his family went together. To this day I can make my 81 year old Uncle laugh when I say 'Aror-Harr'
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It took me ages of searching to find this movie on the IMDb site, as I couldn't remember the name of the movie, the year it was made, or the actors in it, other than Peter Graves as the cavalry officer, and no one ever believed me when I told them how funny Peter Graves was in this hilarious scene. The only detail I remembered about the movie was "Aror-Harr"! and even thinking about it makes me laugh to this day! I get the weirdest looks from people when I holler "Aror-Harr" in place of the very dull "Let's go!" and am delighted to find that there are folks other than me who love it the way I do!
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Yes and I want to find this on dvd somewhere, my fave Uncle Rusty passed away on March 2nd and so now, this fun movie means more to me. This movie had my Uncle laughing so hard he literally almost fell out of his seat. It is one of my fondest child hood memories spent with him, watching this together & hearing his hearty laugh. If anyone knows where it can be purchased fairly easily, please pass that info on. 'Aror Har!'
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Any scene with Tina Marquand (Aumont). R.I.P.
shareAgreed (about six years late <G>). I guess I was about 16 or 17 the first time I saw this movie, and I thought she was the most beautiful girl I'd ever seen. A shame she's no longer with us.
share WOW!!! Somebody else remebers her. I remember seeing this in 1967 when I was stationed in the Philippines in Cebu City at an English speaking theatre. I thought she looked so sweet and innocent and found out recently that 1) she did some heavy soft core porn and passed away so much before her time.
Still have my memories of her as a young Lonetta and have the movie on Laser Disc.
A website called Box Office Video has this movie. I have bought several very hard-to-find tites from them and without exception they are all top quality. Region-Free, good picture, good sound, and usually $14.95. Hope this helps.
share" to the rear harch" is what he's supposed to be saying.
I've been looking for this movie for years as well but could never remember the name of it. I posted on the forum and 'lima-2' responded and said it was probably Texas Across the River.
Funniest film of it's kind ever made.
Favourite scenes that had me rolling on the floor were the medicine man getting knocked off his horse - I remember he was riding along all through the film chanting away and so when it happened it was so unexpected.
Other one was the Indian chiefs son setting fire to his fathers headress.
Oh, and the 'Roooo Raaaaa' from Peter Graves as the Cavalry Captain.
My wife found the trailer of it and I don't remember anything about any of the woman being involved, they just weren't the funny bits in the film so quite forgettable!
I always found the subtitles funny. They would translate something short as very long, and when the chief's son (Linden Chiles, I think) said several lines in Indian, the translation was something like "Yes Dad."
shareYes - even funnier scene is when the Indians are speaking together in English, and so the subtitles are little stick figure pictures of what they are talking about. When the young Indian says "Good idea, Dad", the subtitle is a stick man with a light bulb over his head! That's my favorite gag in the movie.
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