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Support Your Local Gunfighter (Widescreen)

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This is the sequel to the outrageously funny Support Your Local Sheriff. In this film, James Garner plays the con-man Latigo Smith, a man with a passion for foolish bets at the Roulette table and who has just ditched his boisterous fiancee. As far as Smith knows, his biggest problem is getting the tattoo of her name off his chest, but things quickly become more complicated for him when he loses all his money and decides to help a local cowhand (Jack Elam) impersonate a famous gunfighter. Hilarity ensues as the scheme is found out and Smith has to concoct plan after plan to cover himself.

Many members of the comedy troupe from Support Your Local Sheriff are in this movie. Besides Garner and Elam, the very funny Harry Morgan stars, again, as a mining tycoon. Suzanne Pleshette is the love interest this time, and stars as Patience, a half-crazy tomboy whose name is ill-deserved and who is a lousy aim with a gun (fortunately for Smith). This movie never quite reaches the comic peak of the prequel, mostly because the former movie touched on so many of the contemporary Hollywood cliches and seemed a fitting parody of the sheriff common in most of those films. Still, this is a funny movie, a fitting sequel. Watch them both--you won't be disappointed.

This film is better then "Support your Local Sheriff". The comedy is better and snappier, and the plot is far better. The other film is so full of cliches, it loses it's luster pretty quick. If you enjoy classic films, or comedy, you will love this film. IMO, you can live without "Support your Local Sheriff".

Well now, you know James Garner is the go to man. He scores big with most all of his movies because he does his homework. In fact he's so good that over the years he's been taken for Garner... I mean granted.

Where are the Oscars he sorely deserves? That's right, they usually haven't given the gold to light comedy pros, and they're not about to switch horses in midstream now.

But that doesn't stop us from enjoying the fine Support duo of Sheriff and Gunfighter. (BTW, in Gunfighter co-star Suzanne Pleshette is super hot looking, as always.)

And let's not forget mini-classics like Murphy's Romance, and the hoped for DVD sets of his TV series' Nichols and Maverick. We also shouldn't leave out his non-western tinged work like The Thrill Of It All, Boy's Night Out , Barbarians At The Gate, Twilight and The Rockford Files TV series.

Yessir, ol' Jimmy done all us viewers real proud. Not bad for a Southern California boy who started out modelling Janzen swim trunks, that's a for sure.

This movie is not quite as good as Support Your Local Sheriff, but it is so close that you can't mark it down here. It's a very funny movie.

Latigo Smith (James Garner) barely escapes marital bliss with Goldie, to find himself in a situation with out money but a golden opportunity. The town he as escaped to (Purgatory) has rival mining companies digging for the motherload. Latigo teams up with Jug May (Jack Elam) who poses as Swifty Morgan, hired gun. Latigo is his agent and handles all the money.

The fun in this movie is the interaction of the characters much more than the story. One thing that struck me as funny is the scene where Col. Ames is stretching over in his stiff boots to see if Taylor Barton (Harry Morgan) is hiding under his sister's bead. Another is when Jug sees Latigo asking a woman for money, he says that he was brought up not to ask women for money. Latigo suggest that is because a woman raised him.

Who will get the load and who will get the shaft? Will the real Swifty show up? What about Goldie?

This is one of James Garners finest movies . It is very funny and I still to this day love watching it over and over again .

This is a classic. You can watch it again and again with any age group and it's always amusing. I've watched it repeatedly thru the years and never regreted it once. Definitely a must for your collection as is SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL SHERRIFF. Both great spagetti westerns for the whole family.

SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL GUNFIGHTER is a fun romp through the old west, well, sort of (the old west was probably never really like it's prortayed in the movies). Anyway, James Garner is the main attraction in this show, pulling on audience appeal developed in the movie SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL SHERIFF (which is definitely a 5-star show).

The reason that I awarded "Gunfighter" only 4 stars is that as a sort of a sequel to "Sheriff," "Gunfighter's" story line is not as crisp, not as well developed...it's as if most of the best ideas were used up during the writing and filming of "Sheriff." "Gunfighter" still has a good dose of humor, and all the melodramatic elements of "Sheriff": a good guy (Garner), some bad guys to help make Garner's character look good, a beautiful lady in distress, and lots of bystanders who provide character and body to the film. Garner does not, however, come across as being as clever or as likeable as he did in "Sheriff."

This movie, while definitely worth a look, is not, in my opinion, on par with "Support Your Local Gunfighter."

A good show, definitely 4 or 4.5 stars, but not a 5 star option.

If you like western comedies you will enjoy this show!

Alan Holyoak

This movie is just as good as "Support Your Local Sheriff" it's a must buy. Lots of laughs!!!!!!

This is a farce made as a followup to a fantastic western farce, Support Your Local Sheriff. The plot in this film is weak and gets its laughs from a few lame gags. Harry Morgan is not up to form in this film. The whole film seems poorly written and made in slipshod fashion.