Paint Your Wagon is a 1969 American Western[5] musical film starring Lee Marvin, Clint Eastwood, and Jean Seberg.

When a wagon crashes into a ravine, prospector Ben Rumson finds two adult occupants, brothers, one of whom is dead and the other of whom has a broken arm and leg.

The men become frustrated with the lack of female companionship, and the arrival of Jacob Woodling, a Mormon with two wives, is enough to catch everyone's attention.

After being readied for the wedding by the other miners, he is married to Elizabeth under "mining law", with Ben being granted exclusive rights to her.

Despite believing Ben is not the type to settle down, she views their arrangement as acceptable if he will build a cabin to provide her with some security for when he inevitably leaves.

A plan is hatched to divert the stagecoach under false pretenses and bring the women to "No Name City", thus providing the other miners with female companionship.

Elizabeth, also still loving Ben, convinces them that "if a Mormon man can have two wives, why can't a woman have two husbands?"

A group of new settlers is rescued from the snow, and the strait-laced family is invited to spend the winter with Elizabeth and Pardner, who is assumed to be her only husband.

During a bull-and-bear fight, the rampaging bull falls into the tunnel complex dug by Ben and the others and knocks out all of the support beams, causing the streets and buildings to collapse.

Lerner attempted to have Frederick Loewe compose the film's soundtrack, but he declined and instead suggested André Previn.

[3][10] Faye Dunaway,[11] Mia Farrow[12] and Tuesday Weld[13] turned down the role of Elizabeth before Seberg was cast.

[3] Other locations included Big Bear Lake, California, and the San Bernardino National Forest; the interiors were filmed at Paramount Studios, with Joshua Logan directing.

According to Robert Osborne, Marvin drank heavily during filming, which may have enhanced his screen appearance, but led to delays and many retakes.

[citation needed] Paint Your Wagon opened at Loew's State II theatre in New York City on October 15, 1969.

He ended the review by expanding on its pleasantness: Most of the time, Paint Your Wagon is very easy to take, as amiable as Marvin, Eastwood, and Miss Seberg, whose contemporary movie presences give an old property brand-new cool.On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 43%, based on reviews from 21 critics.