It's a musical western. There have been other musical westerns on Broadway but this is probably the first time that staring roles went to 3 people that could carry a tune in bucket. However, that is exactly what the director Josh Logan wanted. Jean Seberg's voice was so bad, it was dubbed. However, I can't imagine those roles going to Howard Keel, Gordon MacRae, and Katherine Grayson.That's the problem. It wasn't fiction or a western or a musical or even a slapstick comedy. It spent almost 3 hours trying to be all of those things and it didn't work. You don't have to defend a crappy movie out of loyalty to Clint Eastwood. I like most of his stuff.You make it sound as though you've never watched a fiction movie before.Two guys marry the same woman and the whole town falls apart at the end. Maybe a coherent mess."Incoherent mess?" What'a ya mean? It's a great movie. A wagon train of prospectors stumble upon gold so they stake their claims and mine it out and then move on, and the shenanigans during that time period ensue, especially when Ben Rumpson takes a bride. It's an epic. One of the all time greatest westerns. One of my favorites, right up there with The Outlaw Josey Wales.A western, a musical, a 3 hour incoherent mess. Clint Eastwood sings and Lee Marvin overacts.