The Double-Barrelled Detective Story
β 9 Β· 1965 Β· 90m Β· Western Β· Comedy
Interesting and sometimes funny adaptation of a Mark Twain short story. Hatfield is a carpetbagger who marries the daughter of a prominent plantation owner in order to humiliate him. He mistreats his wife, but she stoically refuses to complain to her father.
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