Support Your Local Gunfighter (1971)

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  • SUPPORT YOU LOCAL GUNFIGHTER


    DIRECTED BY BURT KENNEDY
    PRODUCED BY BILL FINNEGAN/ BURT KENNEDY/ JAMES GARNER
    CHEROKEE-BRIGADE PRODUCTIONS
    UNITED ARTISTS


    Photo with the courtesy of lasbugas


    Information from IMDb

    Plot Summary
    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! and the humor is similar.
    Typical: "You hit him from behind!" Garner: "Just as hard as I could!"
    Written by John Vogel


    Full 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
    Ellen Corby ... Abigail
    Ben Cooper ... Colorado
    Virginia Capers ... Effie
    Herb Vigran ... Fat
    Pedro Gonzalez Gonzalez ... Ortiz
    Mike Wagner ... Bartender
    Terry Wilson ... Thug
    Roy Glenn ... Headwaiter
    John Wheeler ... Croupier
    Jerry Gatlin ... Miner
    Dick Haynes ... Bartender
    Jimmie Booth ... Townsman (uncredited)
    Danny Borzage ... Accordionist (uncredited)
    Chuck Connors ... 'Swifty' Morgan (uncredited)
    John Daheim ... Saloon Fight Victim (uncredited)
    Louie Elias ... Brawler (uncredited)
    Eugene Jackson ... Waiter Aboard Train (uncredited)
    Michael Jeffers ... Townsman (uncredited)
    Rod McGaughy ... Townsman at Dance (uncredited)
    John McKee ... Saloon Shooting Witness (uncredited)
    James Nolan ... Train Conductor (uncredited)
    William H. O'Brien ... Old Chess Player (uncredited)
    Arnold Roberts ... Townsman (uncredited)
    Hank Robinson ... Townsman (uncredited)
    Diane Sayer ... Girl on Train (uncredited)
    Cap Somers ... Townsman (uncredited)
    Arthur Tovey ... Man Walking by Hotel (uncredited)
    Max Wagner ... Townsman Watching Fight (uncredited)


    Writing Credits
    James Edward Grant (written by)


    Original Music
    Jack Elliott
    Allyn Ferguson


    Cinematography
    Harry Stradling Jr.


    Trivia
    Marie Windsor replaced Marilyn Maxwell as "Goldie".


    Goofs
    Anachronisms
    Modern train trestle: in the opening credit sequence,
    we see an old-time steam locomotive and train crossing a railroad bridge.
    The under-structure of the bridge is obviously of modern construction,
    using modern steel beams and girders. In the Old West, when the story takes place,
    the railroad trestle would have been constructed entirely out of heavy timbers.


    The first time that Latigo places a bet on the roulette table, the dealer calls for the saloon owner,
    who pours himself a glass of Cutty Sark whiskey before agreeing to cover the bet.
    The film takes place in frontier-era Colorado in the late 1800's.
    However, Cutty Sark whiskey wasn't introduced until 1923.


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


    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.


    When it first shows the locomotive bringing the "real" Swifty Morgan
    to town it has "577" on the front and a red cattle guard.
    Later when the train pulls into the depot the engine now has "119" on the front
    and a black cattle guard. It's a completely different locomotive.


    In the bar fight: Patience (Suzanne Pleshette) places an empty beer mug on the chest
    of the knocked-out guy on the floor next to James Garner.
    The mug changes position by 90 degrees in the subsequent shot.


    In the scene where Patience is trying to get out of Ames' sister's bedroom,
    we see that Suzanne Pleshette left her wedding ring on, while she's not wearing it in any other scene.


    Plot holes
    At the big bonfire celebration Col. Ames confesses to Latigo that he never really
    sent off telegrams to Swifty Morgan, it was just a stunt to scare off the miners.
    If true why was the telegrapher expecting Swifty on the train?
    Obviously the telegrapher sent something.


    Revealing mistakes
    When the miner shoots his rifle down at the feet of Latigo Smith,
    he is clearly aiming about 10-15 feet to the left of where the bullet hits on the ground.


    Plot holes
    After the final dynamite explosion we learn that the "I Love Goldy" tattoo
    has been blasted off his chest. This could only happen if all the skin had been burned
    or stripped from his chest, yet he has suffered no obvious injury and his face is not harmed.


    Filming Locations
    Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railway, Durango, Colorado, USA

    Best Wishes
    Keith
    London- England

    Edited 2 times, last by ethanedwards ().

  • Support Your Local Gunfighter is a 1971 comic western film starring James Garner,
    directed by Burt Kennedy, and written by James Edward Grant.


    The film shares many cast and crew members and plot elements with the earlier
    Support Your Local Sheriff! but is not a sequel.
    It actually parodies Yojimbo and its remake A Fistful of Dollars,
    using the basic storyline of a stranger who wanders into a feuding town
    and pretends to work as an enforcer for both sides.


    A few of Duke's 'Pals' in this one namely
    Jack Elam, Marie Windsor, Dub Taylor
    Kathleen Freeman
    Willis Bouchey, Pedro Gonzalez Gonzalez
    Terry Wilson , Jerry Gatlin , Danny Borzage


    Also look out for
    Chuck Connors as 'Swifty' Morgan (uncredited)



    User Review

    Best Wishes
    Keith
    London- England

    Edited 5 times, last by ethanedwards ().

  • Both this and Sheriff are great fun movies, Garner as always in this setting is excellent and he works really well with Jack Elam playing his comic foil to great success, really strong support cast aswell for the time


    I will be reviewing 'Sheriff' soon

    Best Wishes
    Keith
    London- England