It’s the movie people always ask me about. ‘Oh, I love John Wayne, but McLintock! has to be my favorite!’” Actor Ed Faulkner punctuates this statement with an easy laugh and a degree of earned pride. His role, as the son of Bruce Cabot’s character, Ben Sage, triggers the wild mud brawl, which ranks among the most famous of Wayne’s movie moments. Audiences loved the knockdown comedy of 1963’s McLintock!, making the film a major hit, at a time when Wayne needed one, having


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