Support Your Local Gunfighter (1971)

User Rating:

6.8/10   

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:

Continuity: When it first shows the locomotive bringing the "real" Swifty Morgan to town it has "577" on the front and a red cattle guard. Later when the train pulls into the depot the engine now has "119" on the front and a black cattle guard. It's a completely different locomotive.

Quotes:

[Latigo proposes Jug poses as a notorious gunfighter for hire]
Jug: I'm supposed to pretend I'm Swifty Morgan? Goodbye!
Latigo: They're willing to pay.
Jug: How much?
Latigo: One thousand dollars. We'll split it fifty-fifty. That means four hundred for you.
Jug: That seems fair. But I think that...
Latigo: No, no you don't. That's part of the deal. I do the thinking, you stand around and look tough.

Movie Connections:

Spoofs Per un pugno di dollari (1964)

Sunday Morning Western Comedy

This is a comedy western movie but it is a different one because there is not much fight or gunfight in it. This is very sympathetic movie also funny in some scenes.

Our hero is a new yorker guy that steals women money with charming them. He comes to west city but he doesn't like the west and the guns, horses and etc. People in this city thinks he is a hired famous gunman, he uses this identity. This is the general subject of the movie.

Acting is good for a comedy movie, there is also romance and this is a plus for this one. I liked this movie and enjoyed when watching but if you look for a classic movie don't look at this one. I watched this one at a Sunday morning.