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POP Quiz....what is Arnold's characters name?

The Villain is a 1979 American Metrocolor Western comedy film directed by Hal Needham and starring Kirk Douglas, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Ann-Margret, Paul Lynde, Foster Brooks, Strother Martin, Ruth Buzzi, Jack Elam, and Mel Tillis. It is a parody blend of western films and Warner Bros.' Wile E. Coyote cartoon situations.

A beautiful woman, "Charming Jones" (Ann-Margret), is being escorted across the west by a naive, slow-witted cowboy, played by Arnold Schwarzenegger, after claiming a large sum of money given to her by her father, Parody Jones (Martin). However, bad guy Avery Simpson (Elam), who delivered Charming the money, decides he wants it for himself. He hires an old outlaw, "Cactus Jack" (Douglas), to rob them when they leave town.

Its title when released in the UK and in Australia was Cactus Jack.

The sign in front of a saloon is the painting from the side of Snowman's truck in Smokey and the Bandit (1977), also directed by Hal Needham.

If there are any doubts about this movie being an homage to the great American cartoons, the characters names here "Avery Simpson" and "Parody Jones" are clearly a salute to Tex Avery and Chuck Jones, two of the geniuses behind the Warner Brothers cartoon studio.

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Description
POP Quiz....what is Arnold's characters name?

The Villain is a 1979 American Metrocolor Western comedy film directed by Hal Needham and starring Kirk Douglas, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Ann-Margret, Paul Lynde, Foster Brooks, Strother Martin, Ruth Buzzi, Jack Elam, and Mel Tillis. It is a parody blend of western films and Warner Bros.' Wile E. Coyote cartoon situations.

A beautiful woman, "Charming Jones" (Ann-Margret), is being escorted across the west by a naive, slow-witted cowboy, played by Arnold Schwarzenegger, after claiming a large sum of money given to her by her father, Parody Jones (Martin). However, bad guy Avery Simpson (Elam), who delivered Charming the money, decides he wants it for himself. He hires an old outlaw, "Cactus Jack" (Douglas), to rob them when they leave town.

Its title when released in the UK and in Australia was Cactus Jack.

The sign in front of a saloon is the painting from the side of Snowman's truck in Smokey and the Bandit (1977), also directed by Hal Needham.

If there are any doubts about this movie being an homage to the great American cartoons, the characters names here "Avery Simpson" and "Parody Jones" are clearly a salute to Tex Avery and Chuck Jones, two of the geniuses behind the Warner Brothers cartoon studio.

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