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: In the bar fight, Patience sees Latigo lying face-down on the floor with nobody near him. In the close-up, Latigo's lying face-up with his head on the leg of another unconscious cowboy.

Quotes:

Jug: You know, I may not have too much of a chance with Swifty Morgan. But suppose I down him?
Latigo: Well, suppose you don't? And the odds are a thousand to one you won't. Well, you'll just end up an unknown character under a wooden cross on Boot Hill.
Jug: Well, everybody winds up dead sooner or later.
Latigo: Well, the smart ones try to postpone it as long as possible.

Movie Connections:

Follows Support Your Local Sheriff! (1969)

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.