Before becoming an action star in Hollywood, Arnold Schwarzenegger was a cowboy in this western which was a flop at the cinema.
Arnold Schwarzenegger was one of Hollywood’s biggest stars in the 80s and 90s, starring in classics such as Conan the Barbarian, The Terminator, Commando, The Predator, The Future Avenger and True Lies. But before that, the actor experienced one of his biggest failures in Cactus Jack (1979).
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Arnold Schwarzenegger tried to be a cowboy in Cactus Jack and failed with 0% approval
Before his success in Conan the Barbarian, Arnold Schwarzenegger directed one of his first major roles in the western comedy Cactus Jack.
The 1979 film directed by Hal Needham and starring Kirk Douglas, Ann-Margret and Schwarzenegger was not successful. Cactus Jack the Villain has 0% positive reviews on Rotten Tomatoes, the worst review of Schwarzenegger’s career.
What is the story of Cactus Jack the Bad Guy?
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Just a few years before becoming one of Hollywood’s biggest action stars, Arnold Schwarzenegger played a cowboy in Cactus Jack the Villain.
In the film, an attractive stranger (Arnold Schwarzenegger) agrees to accompany young Charming Jones (Ann-Margret) to receive her father’s inheritance. However, Avery Simpson (Jack Elam) wants to keep the money and, to do so, hires the famous outlaw Cactus Jack (Kirk Douglas) to…
Original article published in QuandoCinema
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