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Support Your Local Gunfighter

Support Your Local Gunfighter

The story of a man who took the law into his own finger!

19716.61h 31m

Overview

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.

Directed by Burt Kennedy
Written by James Edward Grant
Produced by Bill Finnegan
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Top Cast

James Garner

James Garner

Latigo

Suzanne Pleshette

Suzanne Pleshette

Patience

Jack Elam

Jack Elam

Jug May

Harry Morgan

Harry Morgan

Taylor

Joan Blondell

Joan Blondell

Jenny

Marie Windsor

Marie Windsor

Goldie

John Dehner

John Dehner

Colonel Ames

Henry Jones

Henry Jones

Ez

Dub Taylor

Dub Taylor

Doc Schultz

Kathleen Freeman

Kathleen Freeman

Mrs. Perkins

Themes & Keywords

con man

About Support Your Local Gunfighter

Support Your Local Gunfighter is a comedy, western film released in 1971 exploring themes of con man. Directed by Burt Kennedy, it stars James Garner, Suzanne Pleshette, Jack Elam. 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.

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