Dirty Dingus Magee

Dirty Dingus Magee
Theatrical release poster
Directed byBurt Kennedy
Screenplay byTom Waldman
Frank Waldman
Joseph Heller
Based onThe Ballad of Dingus Magee
1965 novel
by David Markson
Produced byBurt Kennedy
StarringFrank Sinatra
George Kennedy
Anne Jackson
Jack Elam
John Dehner
CinematographyHarry Stradling Jr.
Edited byWilliam B. Gulick
Music byJeff Alexander
Distributed byMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release date
  • November 18, 1970 (1970-11-18)
Running time
91 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Dirty Dingus Magee is a 1970 American comedy revisionist Western film starring Frank Sinatra as the titular outlaw and George Kennedy as a sheriff out to capture him. Directed by Burt Kennedy, the movie was based on the novel The Ballad of Dingus Magee by David Markson and the screenplay was partly written by Joseph Heller.[1][2]

  1. ^ Dirty Dingus Magee at the TCM Movie Database.
  2. ^ "Dirty Dingus Magee". Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved February 29, 2016.