Support Your Local Gunfighter
Action, Comedy, Western
MGM/UA  (1971) 93 mins G

6.8 (1,486 votes)
Latigo Smith (James Garner) is a charlatan traveling through the West with his wealthy fiancée, Goldie (Marie Windsor). Unhappy with his relationship, he flees away from Goldie at the train stop in Purgatory, Colorado. The town is led by two rival miners, Taylor Barton (Harry Morgan) and Colonel Ames (John Dehner), who are competing against each other to find gold. New in town, Latigo begins drinking and gambling only to lose all his money. Desperate for funds, he hears about famous gunslinger Swiftie Morgan coming to town. Latigo convinces town drunk, Jug May (Jack Elam), to impersonate the gunslinger. Drawing the favor of Taylor and his daughter Patience (Suzanne Pleshette) in the fake gun battle, Colonel Ames is outraged and sends a telegram off the real gunslinger telling him of the ruse. When the real Swiftie (Chuck Connors) shows up, he challenges Latigo to a gun battle whose stake...

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Cast and Crew
James Garner  ......  Latigo
Suzanne Pleshette  ......  Patience
Jack Elam  ......  Jug May
Harry Morgan  ......  Taylor Barton
Joan Blondell  ......  Jenny
Marie Windsor  ......  Goldie
Director  .....  Burt Kennedy
Producer  .....  Burt Kennedy; Bill Finnegan; William Finnegan
Writer  .....  James Edward Grant
Musician  .....  Jack Elliott; Allyn Fergusen
Notes
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. (more)

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

Quotes:
[Latigo proposes Jug poses as a notorious gunfighter for hire]
Jug: I'm supposed to pretend I'm Swifty Morgan? Goodbye!
Latigo: They're willing to pay.
Jug: How much?
Latigo: One thousand dollars. We'll split it fifty-fifty. That means four hundred for you.
Jug: That seems fair. But I think that...
Latigo: No, no you don't. That's part of the deal. I do the thinking, you stand around and look tough.
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