Brannigan

Name: Brannigan
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Released: March 26, 1975
Duration: 111 min
Rating: 52
Cast: Arthur Batanides, Daniel Pilon, James Booth, John Stride, John Vernon

1975

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United Artists | Release Date: March 26, 1975 | PG

Starring: Arthur Batanides, Daniel Pilon, James Booth, John Stride, John Vernon, John Wayne, Judy Geeson, Mel Ferrer, Ralph Meeker, Richard Attenborough

Summary: Chicago Police Lieutenant Jim Brannigan is sent to the U.K. to escort organized crime boss Ben Larkin back to the U.S., but Larkin's hitmen prepare an ambush for Brannigan.

Director: Douglas Hickox

Genre(s): Action, Comedy, Crime

Rating: PG

Runtime: 111 min

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Chris Nashawaty

Still, with everything working against him, the Duke manages to be an old-school badass and stick it to those fancypants Brits. Read full review

The Observer (UK) Philip French

Amiable thriller merging Fabian of the Yard with Dirty Harry. [21 Mar 2004, p.91]

A.H. Weiler

Unfortunately, Mr. Wayne's first film trip to London doesn't appear to have been necessary. He and his busy company only serve to make Brannigan a commonplace crime caper. Read full review

Paul D. Zimmerman

In Brannigan, John Wayne carries on his new career as an urban cop with all the ease of a corraled mustang. [14 Apr 1975, p.92]

TV Guide Magazine Staff (Not Credited)

Basically a formula film with all the usual car chases, knock-downs, booby traps, etc. If you like John Wayne, you'll love Brannigan. If you just think he is...well, only all right, you'll be better off reading a book. This is not one of the Duke's best. Read full review

Roger Ebert

Brannigan isn't great, but it's a wellcrafted action movie and, besides, it's got John Wayne in it. Read full review

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Car chases, booby traps, etc round out the formula plot turns. Read full review

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DawdlingPoet

Nov 26, 2021

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I quite enjoyed this film. It has the feel of a 1970s police crime drama TV show, only with a longer running time (1h 50). There are some good scenes of well choreographed bar (or should I say pub) fights and decent car chase scenes and there's a decent amount of comedy/humour too, with some witty pieces of dialogue, such as at the aftermath of said bar fight, when one of the witnesses sighs and exclaims 'im only here for the beer!', while the owner of a new car, finding himself suddenly a passenger with John Wayne's titular character, Brannigan, having taken the wheel, says 'I waited a year for delivery' as the car is put in harms way, shall I say. I won't provide any more in the way of spoilers, as I hate spoilers but hopefully that gives you a brief idea of some of the more amusing moments, script wise.

I liked the English police officers reaction to Lt. Brannigan being on the scene, the Americans views on the Brits and the Brits having a go at him - it reminded me a little of the recent ITV crime series 'Wild Bill', in which an American police officer ends up being based in rural England. Of course one of the main aspects of this film is that Johny Wayne is in the main role and I thought he did well at portraying the perhaps more gritty police officer, who doesn't take too kindly to people in London giving their negative opinions on the way he does things and so on.

I found this quite an engrossing and generally enjoyable watch. There were one or two scenes with semi-elaborate set ups and it all seemed to work quite well - I won't go into details, so as not to provide any spoilers as mentioned earlier but all in all, I found this an entertaining and sometimes amusing watch, which I'd recommend to others.… Expand

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