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How many of you didn't know this movie existed?


Am I the only one who didn't even realize this movie was made and discovered it only by accident? To me it looks like it's totally unheard of. One day I was mindlessly switching TV channels and finally... WTF? Schwarzenegger in the Wild West? In a cowboy-like outfit? Together with Kirk Douglas? I started to wonder how I could have missed that one and how long ago it was filmed. When I saw Kirk was still relatively young it occurred to me this must be some pretty old film and indeed it is. I knew Schwarzenegger played here and there between "Hercules in New York" and "Conan the Barbarian", but I didn't expect a leading role. While it was funny I couldn't help but think how out of place Arnie was in this movie considering his later classic appearances as Conan and Terminator.

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You may think I'm crazy and I know this sounds completely crazy but the reason you never heard of or seen this movie is because it literally didn't exist up until recently. I'm a huge Arnold fan and I've kept track of all of his movies for decades now. After Hercules in New York he went on to make Conan. But not there are other titles in between that never existed. The villain is one out of 6 including stay hungry and the Jayne Mansfield story. This is part of the Mandela effect. Look it up. It will blow your mind

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I'm not sure what you mean by 'literally didn't exist;' I watched this movie on TV in the early 1980s.

- HOW kin I be so brainless, when I is so smart?

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I watched the movie in the 80s so it has been there and is hilarious

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Saw the previews for it at a drive in before a Chuck Norris film.

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When I was in school I knew a rabid Arnold fan who claimed to own every Arnold movie in existence. But he had never heard of this. I was glad to add to his knowledge.

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I knew of this movie under the title of Cactus Jack

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I vaguely remember that title.

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