everything you have heard about this movie is true.

Disturbing yet enthralling

This movie was so-so. It had it's moments, but wasn't the greatest.

I didn’t really have many expectations going into the movie (good or bad), but I actually really enjoyed it. I really liked the characters and the banter between them.

Poorly presented western starring James Caan (as Jud McGraw) as an outlaw type trying to be good in a corrupt town. Robert Walker (as the Sheriff) shares his beard, Aldo Ray (as as Mimmo) takes a bath, Sammy Davis Jr. (as Kid Dandy) wears black leather pants, and Stefanie Powers (as Little Moon) shows her bare buttocks. To appear more Native American, Ms. Powers wears an "Elvira, Mistress of the Dark" hairpiece. She successfully holds it on during a struggle with Mr. Caan. This film was first shelved, then released as "Gone with the West" in 1975. It should have stayed gone, but was re-produced with new framing and narration as "Little Moon & Jud McGraw" in 1978. The stunts, especially those involving fire, are done well. Otherwise, this is a movie mess.** Gone with the West/ Little Moon & Jud McGraw (1975/1978) Bernard Girard ~ James Caan, Stefanie Powers, Aldo Ray, Sammy Davis Jr.

This has to be one of the worst movies ever! How did it take three people to write a story with nearly no dialog and very little plot? How did anyone get talked into financing this bomb? How did they manage to get James Caan and SAMMY DAVIS JR.! to appear in this thing? I think this movie gave Sammy Davis Jr. cancer. He probably never let Sinatra or Dean Martin know he was in this thing. It is that utterly bad. It is more confusing than some bizarre Fellini flick. I watched the whole thing and I have NO idea what it is about, just a collection of scenes that don't add up to a story. I don't know what any of it means - the cockfighting, the woman and little kid getting shot, the two hookers (?) getting into a fight, the wrestling match in the bar (which is perpetually in a fight scene), the cowboy singing 'Abide With Me' every so often. Weird, weird, weird. Maybe it would make sense if you watched it on LSD, since it was apparently written under that influence. I can't recall another movie which has left me feeling so stunned, like 'What the HECK was that?' No wonder it's in the public domain; nobody would have spent the few dollars to keep the copyrights going. Wow. This whole movie makes no sense whatever.

Unquestionably, if you think this western is bad, then you need to watch some of those old "oaters" on MovieFlix. The Tex Ritter horse operas, for example, make this absurdity seem like GONE WITH THE WIND!Watching the film last night, I had the feeling that the DVD contained the first draft of a potentially good comedy (or satire). A careful rewriting of the script by pros would have elevated the movie into a strong spoof of "spagetti westerns."Aside from the sloppy editing, the wretched audio/video quality, and the implausible plot, the problems included these;1. Sammy Davis Jr.'s presence must have been in homage to either the "rat pack." or the civil rights movement. His character served no useful purpose in the story. In fact, the situation reminded me of desegregation when "white" companies would put their token black employees in or near the best window for all to view.2. Stefanie Powers is a beautiful and talented comedic actress. But casting her as a tribeless squaw is too much of a stretch. A Hispanic or Indian actress needs to fill that role.3. James Caan showed all the emotion of Gene Autry. In fact, some erstwhile Republic cowboy might have handled that role more skillfully.4. Too many characters! A good rewriting would have narrowed the focus to the major figures.5. The burning of the town looked as phony as Bob Steele's fistfights. The sets should have been better constructed so that they at least appeared to be real buildings in flame.6. One reason for its lack of polish may have been that it was originally intended to be a made-for-TV movie. The dialogue lacked the usual profanity, the violence lacked the blood and gore of a Clint Eastwood western, and the politically incorrect image of a squaw was typical of such shows as THE WILD WILD WEST and even GUNSMOKE. 7. Then, when someone decided to complete the piece, it became much grittier in style and substance, more like a theater release.Frankly, I'd love to see a genuine motion picture producer redo this film, hiring authentic-looking actors for the parts, paring the number of roles to a workable few, and maintaining high filming standards. If he did, the result could be a truly enjoyable straight-faced satire.

This is possibly the worst western that I have ever seen. The sound, photography, and the acting is awful. I would not blame it all on the actors. This appears to be a film that was possibly started many years earlier, with a different intention. Only to be finished years later with a different story, sloppy narration, and other low quality production values.