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The Duchess and the Dirtwater Fox (1976)

The Duchess and the Dirtwater Fox poster
Directed by
Melvin Frank
Genre
Western film, romantic comedy
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 44m
Rated
PG
Rating
6.1 of 10 from 48 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A female hustler keeps crossing paths with a smooth-talking card sharp in the Old West. They have a series of comic misadventures and eventually fall in love.

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What happens

The Duchess and the Dirtwater Fox is a 1976 American Western romantic comedy film directed and produced by Melvin Frank from a screenplay by Frank, Barry Sandler, and Jack Rose and a story by Sandler. It stars George Segal and Goldie Hawn as the title characters. It follows a female hustler who becomes repeatedly mixed up with a suave con man and card sharp through a series of misadventures before falling in love with him. The film was theatrically released in the United States on March 24, 1976, by 20th Century-Fox. It received mediocre reviews from critics and performed poorly at the box office. For her performance, Hawn was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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