Something Big
Sooner or later, Baker will find the right girl. And when he does, he'll swap her for a machine gun. And do something big.
1971 • 108 min • Western · Comedy
Synopsis
Joe Baker has a dream. He wants to do 'something big.' When he needs a Gatling gun to accomplish this, he seeks out a black marketeer. The price he wants for the gun? A woman! So Baker kidnaps a woman off of the stagecoach, only to find that she is the wife of the commandant of the local Cavalry detachment. Things get further complicated when a girl named Dover McBride shows up. She has come to force Baker to marry her and return east, as he promised to do four years earlier
Our family guide
Best from age 10- 50 Reviewers · 2 · 69%
- 54 Audience · 24 · 31%
Joe Baker dreams of doing "something big" and needs a Gatling gun. He kidnaps a woman to trade for it, only to discover she's the Cavalry commandant's wife. His past further complicates matters when a woman from his past arrives to hold him to an old promise.
- Violence & peril
- 3/10
- Language
- 2/10
- Drinking, drugs & smoking
- 2/10
- Romance & sensuality
- 1/10
- Scary moments
- 1/10
Heads up
- Some comedic violence with guns and explosions
- Reference to women as "property" in a trade context
- Mild alcohol consumption in a Western setting
What it models well
- Persistence in pursuing goals
- Dealing with unexpected consequences
- Finding one's path
Talk about it after
- What makes a goal "big" or worthwhile?
- The importance of keeping promises
- How actions can have unintended results
Written by the Movie Knight editorial team for Something Big. Our own words, our own scoring — always double-check against your family's standards.
Where to watch
Free
- Fawesome
FawesomeFree with ads
- The Roku Channel
- Mometu
The Roku Channel
MometuRent
- Amazon Video
- Apple TV Store
- Google Play Movies
- YouTube
- Fandango At Home
Amazon Video
Apple TV Store
Google Play Movies
YouTube
Fandango At HomeBuy
- Amazon Video
- Apple TV Store
- Google Play Movies
- YouTube
- Fandango At Home
Links go straight to each service. Some are affiliate links that support Movie Knight at no cost to you. Availability data by JustWatch via TMDB.
Top billed cast
Director: Andrew V. McLaglen • Crew: James Lee Barrett
Trailers & clips
Something Big Trailer
Reviewer notes
RecommendedTrusted family reviewersThis is quite a fun outing for Dean Martin as ("Baker") - the leader of a gang of robbers who agrees to swap the wife of local army colonel "Morgan" (Brian Keith) for a Gatling gun. Messrs.…
Not recommendedTrusted family reviewersSomething mediocre RELEASED IN 1971 and directed by Andrew V. McLaglen, "Something Big" is a tongue-in-cheek Western starring Dean Martin as aging outlaw, Joe Baker, who unknowingly kidnaps the wife (Honor Blackman) of a cavalry commander (Brian Keith) in order to obtain a Gatling gun from a scumbag gunrunner (Albert Salmi). Ben Johnson plays a scout while Carol White appears as the wannabe fiancé of Baker.…
Fan reviews
Sign in to rate and reviewBe the first fan to review this.
Gallery
Details
- TMDB audience
- 5.4/10 (24)
- Age rating
- PG
- Status
- Released
- IMDb
- tt0068022
Keywords