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1994 Certificate PG
  • Rated:
  • 60
  • from 406 members

A group of not-so-rough-and-tumble frontiers-folk decide they've had enough of the American West--no more robbers, no more drunks, no more rustlers--and hire the bumbling, alcoholic James Harlow and his broken-down wagon to lead them back east to civilization. This western farce features John Candy's final performance. Read more

Starring John Candy, Richard Lewis, John McGinley, Robert Picardo
Director Peter Markle
Genres Comedy

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Wagons East!

A group of not-so-rough-and-tumble frontiers-folk decide they've had enough of the American West--no more robbers, no more drunks, no more rustlers--and hire the bumbling, alcoholic James Harlow and his broken-down wagon to lead them back east to civilization. This western farce features John Candy's final performance.

Starring John Candy, Richard Lewis, John McGinley, Robert Picardo, Ellen Greene
Director Peter Markle
Studio PATHE DISTRIBUTION
Run time DVD: 1 hr 43 mins
Certificate Certificate PG
Genres Comedy
Language DVD: English
Released DVD: 02 Apr 2004
Production year: 1994
Format DVD

  • Critics' reviews (3) of Wagons East!

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  • 1 stars out of 5

    It's always a shame when a star dies young, but it seems doubly unfair that someone as likeable and talented as John Candy should have bowed out part-way through the production of this stinker. The idea of having a bunch of lily-livered pioneers quit the Wild West and head home is essentially a good one. Yet director Peter Markle buries it in a quagmire of comic incompetence and dismal slapstick, though to be fair he can't have been helped by the loss of his lead. Second-billed John C McGinley is shamefully wasted as the spotlight falls continuously on the painfully unfunny Richard Lewis. This forgettable comedy western is quite dreadful.

    • Radio Times
    • Posted 29 Jan 2006

  • John Candy takes his place at the head of a wagon train leading a handful of disenchanted pioneers back to the home... read more on Time Out

    • Time Out
    • Posted 04 Nov 2008

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  • 1 out of 1 person found this review helpful

    Rated - 5 stars

    wagons east

    a fantastic film john candy at is best must see r.i.p john from your friend

      • A customer from kent
      • Posted 15 Dec 2005 09:50

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  • Rated - 5 stars

    Great fun

    Ignore the critics this is film is great fun and even more special because it was the last that John Candy made

      • BettingData from Preston, UK
      • Posted 01 Oct 2005 20:22

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      A group of not-so-rough-and-tumble frontiers-folk decide they've had enough of the American West--no more robbers, no more drunks, no more rustlers--and hire the bumbling, alcoholic James Harlow and his broken-down wagon to lead them back east to civilization. This western farce features John Candy'...