Support Your Local Gunfighter (1971)

Director:

Burt Kennedy

Writer:

James Edward Grant (written by)

Release Date:

3 June 1971 (West Germany)

Genre:

Comedy | Romance | Western

Tagline:

The story of a man who took the law into his own finger!

Plot:

A con artist arrives in a mining town controlled by two competing companies. Both companies think he's a famous gunfighter and try to hire him to drive the other out of town.

Plot Keywords:

Gunfighter | Mining Town | Con | Con Artist | Mistaken Identity

Cast

James Garner	...	Latigo
Suzanne Pleshette	...	Patience
Jack Elam	...	Jug May
Harry Morgan	...	Taylor
Joan Blondell	...	Jenny
Marie Windsor	...	Goldie
John Dehner	...	Colonel Ames
Henry Jones	...	Ez
Dub Taylor	...	Doc Schultz
Kathleen Freeman	...	Mrs. Perkins
Dick Curtis	...	Bud Barton
Willis Bouchey	...	McLaglen
Walter Burke	...	Morris
Gene Evans	...	Butcher
Grady Sutton	...	Storekeeper

Also Known As:

Latigo (USA) (working title)

Runtime:

91 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Australia:PG | Singapore:PG | UK:U | West Germany:16 (nf) | Finland:K-12 | Sweden:11 | USA:G (certificate #22841)

Filming Locations:

Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railway, Durango, Colorado, USA

Company:

Cherokee-Brigade Productions

Goofs:

Anachronisms: Modern train trestle: in the opening credit sequence, we see an old-time steam locomotive and train crossing a railroad bridge. The under-structure of the bridge is obviously of modern construction, using modern steel beams and girders. In the Old West, when the story takes place, the railroad trestle would have been constructed entirely out of heavy timbers.

Quotes:

Latigo: [Annoyed that Jug has just used up the 100 dollars he had given him earlier, including giving much of it to some woman] You gave her the money?
Jug: Seemed like the thing to do...
Latigo: But, you idiot! Don't you know that's the surest way to make an enemy out of a woman, givin' her money?
Jug: [Confused] It is?
Latigo: Oh, I learned that a long time ago.

Movie Connections:

Spoofs Yojimbo (1961)

For the entire family

Good wholesome family entertainment without any of today's obvious little references towards sex and bad language. James Garner always gives a fine performance with his flair for comedy. Be sure to also see "Support Your Local Sheriff". The kids will love it.