Directed by:
Burt KennedyScreenplay:
James Edward GrantCinematography:
Harry Stradling Jr.Cast:
James Garner, Suzanne Pleshette, Jack Elam, Harry Morgan, Joan Blondell, John Dehner, Henry Jones, Marie Windsor, Dub Taylor, Ellen Corby, Gene Evans, Ben Cooper (more)VOD (4)
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Gigolo con man Latigo Smith (James Garner) needs to get something off his chest, the tattooed name of his most recent ex-fiancé. But while he's waiting for the local doctor to sober up and perform the operation, Smith overhears that local mining baron Taylor Barton (Harry Morgan) is looking to shut down his mining competition by hiring the notorious gunman, Swifty Morgan. Seizing the opportunity for an easy con, Smith passes off a reprobate cowhand (Jack Elam) as the dreaded Swifty and pockets the cash. Bankroll in hand, he plans to head for the hills until he falls for Barton's pistol-packin' daughter, Patience (Suzanne Pleshette). But when the real Swifty shows up looking for blood, Smith comes up with an outrageous scheme to save his hide, stop the mining feud and win over Patience and it might just work if it doesn't blow up the entire town! (official distributor synopsis)
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Support Your Local Sheriff and Support Your Local Gunfighter have similar titles, all the good actors that went through the town of Calendar but they are not both good comedies. I tried as hard as I could, but it wasn’t enough. And I thought long and hard about what could have caused this. On one hand I think that the humor here was forced too much and on the other the Czech dubbing wasn’t good enough. While I supported Support Your Local Sheriff with full 5 stars for the pleasant way in which it shocked me, for this movie I had to force myself to rate it with 3 stars because even though the actors were trying their best, from time to time I felt as awkward as when I watch contemporary teen comedies.
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