Support Your Local Gunfighter (1971)

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.

Director:

Burt Kennedy

Writer:

James Edward Grant

Stars:

James Garner, Suzanne Pleshette, Jack Elam

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	...	Col. 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

Storyline

James Garner plays a ladies' man who ends up on the run from a conquest. He has an embarrassing problem that requires a doctor, but that is not immediately disclosed. He and a town barsweep form a plot to impersonate a well-known gunfighter so that Garner can pay off his debts and skip town before the soon to come arrival of the real gunfighter. The cast is almost identical to Support Your Local Sheriff! (1969) and the humor is similar. Typical: "You hit him from behind!" Garner: "Just as hard as I could!"

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Plot Keywords:

cowboy comedy | gunfighter | doctor | mining town | con | 

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Taglines:

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

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Genres:

Comedy | Romance | Western

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Certificate:

G

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

14 May 1971 (UK)

Also Known As:

Latigo

Filming Locations:

Newhall, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Cherokee-Brigade Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

91 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

At the end of the movie Jug (Jack Elam) presents an epilogue about the fate of the main characters from the caboose of the moving train. As for himself, he mentions that he goes on to star in spaghetti westerns. Actually, he is ironically referring to Elam's iconic, but all too brief, role at the beginning of Once Upon a Time in the West (1968), as the leader of a small group tasked with killing Charles Bronson's character (unsuccessfully, of course). Viewers don't even hear his real voice as he was dubbed for the English version of the movie. The only other spaghetti western he appeared in (credited) was Sartana Does Not Forgive (1968).

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Goofs

Before he succumbs to it, Latigo states that in roulette the house has an 8% advantage and wins outright once every 12 spins. In reality, the house advantage is 5.26%, winning outright once every 19 spins.

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Quotes

Latigo: This your office?
Doc Schultz: I doctor pack mules, too. If you got a pain in the ass, you come see Doc Schultz.

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Connections

Follows Support Your Local Sheriff! (1969)

User Reviews

better than the original

This is probably one of the few sequels that is better than the original. The same director is back and most of the cast from the first one but a different leading lady with Suzanne Pleshette. They play different characters from the first one and John Dehner is the villain this time instead of Walter Brennan. Garner arrives in a mining town and everyone thinks he's the gunfighter Swifty Morgan sent for by Dehner. Garner becomes friends with Jack Elam and the next thing he knows Suzanne Pleshette is trying to shoot him or run him down. Garner doesn't know why but eventually finds out. It's a pretty good movie that is better than the original, which was a little overrated.