Lee Marvin and Clint Eastwood star in this famous film version of the stage musical. Ben Rumson (Marvin) is a hard fighting, hard drinking, happy go lucky man. His ‘Pardner’ (Eastwood) on the other hand is sober, quiet and gentle. The film concerns their adventures in No Name City in search of gold. The film of course spawned the unlikely hit single ‘Wanderin’ Star’ sung by Lee Marvin (incidentally, Clint Eastwood also does a musical number).

A raucous western comedy, Paint Your Wagon is punctuated with a classic Lerner and Loewe musical score, including "They Call the Wind Maria" and "I Talk to the Trees."