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starring: John Wayne, Richard Attenborough, Judy Geeson, Mel Ferrer, John Vernondirected by: Douglas Hickox
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9786301967488
Format: Color, NTSC
ISBN: 6301967488
Label: MGM (Video & DVD)
Manufacturer: MGM (Video & DVD)
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: MGM (Video & DVD)
Release Date: April 01, 1992
Running Time: 112 minutes
Sales Rank: 8960
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
Theatrical Release Date: March 26, 1975
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Editorial Review:
Amazon.com:
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
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - 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 any better than it did a few years earlier in The Undefeated.
Rating: - 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 old, but he is still great. It's just a poor movie. 'McQ' is far better all around. Look at 'Brannigan' as a film trip to Joly Ol' England with John ... Read More
Rating:  - 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.
Rating:  - 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 trying so hard to imitate other "gritty" characters and films, was so formulaic, artificial, confusing, dreary, stiff, heavy-handed, and cliché, that these elements ... Read More
Rating: - DON'T MESS WITH THE DUKE !!
John Wayne fans won't be disappointed with "Brannigan".This movie is a great way to spend an afternoon in front of the television.The video transfer and digital 2.0 sound are very good.The picture is in widescreen and it's a pretty clean video transfer with some minor blemishes here and there.The sound is also better than I expected.The dvd doesn't have any extras other than the original theatrical trailer,so it's bare bones release.Brannigan is full of great action and a very affordable release from MGM ... Read More
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