# Kaktus Jack (1979)

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**Original title**: *The Villain*
**Runtime**: 89 min
**Genres**: Comedy, Western
**Directed by**: Hal Needham
**Written by**: Robert G. Kane
**Starring**: Kirk Douglas, Ann-Margret, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Paul Lynde, Foster Brooks, Ruth Buzzi

> *...the fastest fun in the west!*

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

Apparently someone thought a bumbling outlaw was comedy gold. Handsome Stranger escorts Charming Jones to collect her inheritance. It predictably devolves into slapstick chaos.

**Mood tags**: cozy, playful

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