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James Garner returns for this pseudosequel to Support Your Local Sheriff, this time as a gigolo con man mistaken for a legendary killer. Escaping matrimonial entanglements, he lands in the town...( read more  read more... ) of Purgatory in the midst of a raging war between gold miners racing for the mother lode. In a play right out of Maverick, he quickly casts drifter Jack Elam into the gunfighter role and names himself the man's agent, selling his services to the highest bidder and pocketing a sizable commission. Garner double-talks his way through one deal after another with a wink and a smile while Elam growls and swaggers and rolls his eyes, playacting the role of the cold-blooded gunslinger like a wild-eyed clown. Suzanne Pleshette shoots up the town as Garner's romantic interest, a tomboy in buckskin with an itchy trigger finger and lousy aim, and Chuck Conners walks tall as the real bald-as-a-billiard-ball killer. Apart from the tongue-in-cheek tone and returning cast members (Elam, Harry Morgan, Henry Jones, and Gene Evans are among the familiar faces joining Garner), the film has little in common with Sheriff and never quite recaptures the clever twists and low-key hilarity, but this is a cast who knows how to deliver a gag, and Kennedy's laid-back direction keeps an even, affectionately spoofing tone throughout. --Sean Axmaker

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G, 92 min.

Directed by: Burt Kennedy

Release Date: January 1, 1971

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DVD Release Date: March 20, 2001

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  • sdcraftnmom
    September 28, 2006
    sdcraftnmom
    James done a wonderful job in this. long before the rockford Files made him a household name
  • jscottcorley
    September 5, 2009
    jscottcorley
    Sheriff was better. Plays Garner as a less-likable con man. Story rambles a little. Still--fun to watch.
  • samanthaseaotter
    August 3, 2009
    samanthaseaotter
    VERY funny spoof of Westerns with the implacable James Garner. Sure, you know what's going to happen and sure, you know everyone in the cast, but it's all done so well by experts that you laugh all the way through.
  • TheNebula
    March 10, 2009
    TheNebula
    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 ...( read more)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.
  • beccamowry
    December 31, 2008
    beccamowry
    very well done. i liked it alot. another family movie for sure!
  • athena6098
    October 28, 2008
    athena6098
    Great western and comedy movie. "Support Your Local Gunfighter" long with "Support Your Local Sheriff" are great western and comedy movies. James Garner is great in this movie as was Suzanne Pleshette, Jack Elam, Henry Morgan, and John Dehner. James Garner plays a chacter not to ...( read more)much different from than the he plays as in the TV show "Maverick". The movie is zany and funny. I enjoy this movie every times I watch the movie.
    "Support Your Local Gunfighter" is movie that fun to whatch and enjoy with whole family.
  • filmfanatic1982
    August 10, 2008
    filmfanatic1982
    Caught this on TMC the other night, and was really loved it. A very funny western spoof with a lot of heart.
  • Joby80207
    May 23, 2008
    Joby80207
    I love these movies! I do highly recommend this one and "Support Your Local Sheriff"
  • weikel2000
    March 21, 2008
    weikel2000
    Not nearly as good as Support Your Local Sherriff, the roles weren't even the same, but still decent.
  • Bjelki
    March 18, 2008
    Bjelki
    Love this western-comedy wit James Garner and Suzanne Pleshette and other great actors from the good old days.

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