Ageing, wealthy, rancher and self-made man, George Washington McLintock is forced to deal with numerous personal and professional problems. Seemingly everyone wants a piece of his enormous farmstead, including high-ranking government men and nearby Native Americans. As McLintock tries to juggle his various adversaries, his wife—who left him two years previously—suddenly returns. But she isn't interested in George; she wants custody of their daughter.

• United Artists
• Batjac Productions
• John Wayne
• Maureen O'Hara
• Patrick Wayne
• Stefanie Powers
• Jack Kruschen
• Chill Wills
• Yvonne De Carlo
• Jerry Van Dyke