is a 1963 American Western comedy film, starring John Wayne and Maureen O'Hara, directed by Andrew V. McLaglen.

Loosely based on William Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew, the project was filmed in Technicolor and Panavision, and produced by Wayne's company, Batjac Productions.

His wife, Katherine, abandoned him with no explanation and became a socialite back East two years prior; his daughter, Rebecca "Becky" McLintock, is away finishing her college degree.

Despite this, he is a friend to many, including Sheriff Lord, general store owner Jake Birnbaum, and the local beggars and Comanche Indians.

initially refuses, but relents after Dev resorts to begging at the advice of aged drifter Bunny.

then learns Katherine is in town seeking a divorce, which will give her a excuse to take Becky back East with her; hearing this, G.W.

The Comanche, led by Running Buffalo, come into town to meet a train carrying their newly-released chiefs; Sheriff Lord settles them near the homesteaders despite protests from Douglas.

The next day, Becky arrives home from college with a would-be suitor, Douglas' son "Junior."

delivers a plea from Puma to Governor Humphrey, but is ignored; as a result, the Comanche are ordered to be imprisoned until they can be sent to Fort Sill.

suggests to Bunny that, if the Comanche were to go out fighting as they requested, the Government might realize Humphrey's mismanagement of the territory and intervene.

At the Fourth of July celebrations the next day, Katherine refuses Humphrey's advances, but continues to treat her husband harshly.

confronts Katherine, getting her to admit that she left because she found lipstick on his shirt and incorrectly assumed he was having an affair.

The script was developed by John Wayne as a way for him to express his disapproval for how Westerns negatively represent Native Americans, his opinions on marital abuse, and discontent for political corruption from either party, intentionally contrasting previous films in which Wayne starred but had little creative-control, such as John Ford's The Searchers.

Another sharp contrast from previous films of Wayne is the emphasis on comedy, and using the Western setting for slapstick possibilities.

Many of the cast and crew, including Andrew McLaglen, William H. Clothier, Bruce Cabot, Chill Wills, Edward Faulkner, Hank Worden, Strother Martin, Michael Pate, Leo Gordon, Chuck Roberson, John Stanley (the Navajo actor and veteran member of John Ford's stock company, who plays "Running Buffalo"), Patrick and Aissa Wayne, as well as Maureen O'Hara, had worked with Wayne on other productions.

Wayne insisted a supporting role be given to Yvonne De Carlo, whose husband had been injured making How the West Was Won.

According to Bosley Crowther, "the broadly comic Western ... sounded like a promising idea"; "the scenery is opulent and the action out-of-doors, the color lush, and the cast made up almost entirely of recruits from John Ford's long cinematic cycle commemorating the tradition of the American frontier.

In 1994, a legal case determined the film was in the public domain in the United States, but the music score remained under copyright.

Bonus features include a new extensive documentary, a "2 Minute Fight School" featurette, photo and trailer galleries, and an audio commentary with Leonard Maltin, Frank Thompson, Maureen O’Hara, Stefanie Powers, Michael Pate, Michael Wayne, and Andrew McLaglen.

Olive Films released a bare-bones Blu-Ray in March 2013, using a 2012 2K scan of a 35-mm Technicolor element with the original monoaural track.

It also carries over all the bonus features from the previous Paramount DVD, with the only new addition of the original theatrical trailer scanned in 2K from a 35-mm element.