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Support Your Local Gunfighter (1971) -- A con man and his partner profit from mistaken identity in the mining town of Purgatory.

Overview

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Director:

Burt Kennedy

Writer:

James Edward Grant (written by)

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Release Date:

3 June 1971 (West Germany) more

Genre:

Comedy | Romance | Western more

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. full summary | full synopsis

User Comments:

Rib-tickling. more (15 total)


Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

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
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Additional Details

Also Known As:

Latigo (USA) (working title)
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Runtime:

91 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1 more

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

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


Fun Stuff

Goofs:

Continuity: The shaving cream on the Latigo's face in the barbershop scene changes between shots. more

Quotes:

Patience: [Trying on a showy dress that Abigail has given her] Ya' think... ya' think I look like a lady of the evening?
Abigail: Wha... What's a "lady of the evening"?
Patience: Oh, Miss Abigail, you DO lead a sheltered life!
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Follows Support Your Local Sheriff! (1969) more


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11 out of 12 people found the following comment useful.
Rib-tickling., 19 March 2001
8/10
Author: n_oflash from Yukon, OK

Garner's wonderful in this spoof, which is a follow-up to SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL SHERIFF. Still, this film has more than enough merits of its own. The humor after all these years still holds up, & it's one that needs to be viewed again & again. It's as fresh now as it was then.

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