Posts from JohnChisum in thread „Brannigan (1975)“

  • Brannigan (1975)

    Yes I'm now a Brannigan Fan! Agree great film and it's quite entertaining. It's good that Brannigan is more humours than other Cop Thrillers round that time. :wink_smile:

  • Brannigan (1975)

    Just watched it and I enjoyed it more than McQ. Knock, Knock ... is a great introduction of Brannigan. Didn't cared much about the age of Duke. I think he was perfect for a cop end of his 50's (I think this was the age of Brannigan). Next to John Wayne i liked the locations of London, the soundtrack and the humour of this movie. For me the movie was pretty good but I have to say I'm a fan of Cop Thrillers. It's like Dirty Harry for John Wayne Fans. Of course Clint Eastwood would be better for that sort of Movie but IMO John Wayne did an excellent job. I also thought that the supporting cast with Sir Richard Attenborough and the pretty Judy Geeson acted quite well. I got the feeling that Attenborough enjoyed the work with John Wayne.

    Loved the following lines:
    Lt. Brannigan: How's the world's second-best navy?
    Royal Navy Sailor: You should know.

    Also there was new trivia about the movie on IMDB not posted yet here:


    [imdb]http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0072732/trivia[/imdb]



      • Brannigan's pistol, as pointed out by Cmdr. Swann, is a Colt Diamondback .38 Special with a four-inch barrel. He carries the same pistol in McQ.
      • Del Henney is dubbed.
      • The motorcycle dispatch courier, thrown into the Thames by John Wayne, is played by Tony Robinson who would later find fame as Baldrick in the TV series "The Black Adder" (1983).


      • Detective Lieutenant James Brannigan, played by 67-year-old John Wayne, was supposed to be in his late fifties.
      • The production was difficult for John Wayne since he had heart problems and had just recovered from a severe bout of pneumonia.
      • The film proved to be one of John Wayne's least successful movies at the box office. Wayne himself said he would not have made the film if he had known McQ (1974) was only going to be a moderate success.
      • In 1975, United Artists theatrically distributed this film in the USA on a double bill with Moonrunners (1975).