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

Starring: James Garner, Suzanne Pleshette, Harry Morgan, Jack Elam, John Dehner, Marie Windsor, Roy Glenn, Dick Curtis, Dub Taylor, Joan Blondell, Ellen Corby, Kathleen Freeman, Henry Jones, Chuck Connors, Pedro Gonzalez Gonzalez

DML Rating: ★★★★★★★☆☆☆ - good

"I always did say that whorehouse was a gold mine!" - Doc Schultz

Why watch this? It's a worthy sorta-sequel to Support Your Local Sheriff (1969).

Plot Summary: Latigo Smith, a con man, arrives in a small Western town and is mistakenly identified as the notorious gunslinger Swifty Morgan. This misunderstanding occurs amidst a heated rivalry between two local mining companies, both eager to secure the services of the supposed gunfighter. Smith capitalizes on the situation, engaging in various schemes, including attempting to pass off a dim-witted acquaintance as the real Swifty Morgan, all while navigating a blossoming romance and the inevitable arrival of the actual gunslinger. 

Dad's Preview: The crew that brought us the comedy Western Support Your Local Sheriff (1969), decided to make another oater featuring Garner and Elam as the leads, but it's not a sequel... just more cowboy fun. The story is certainly different, what with adding the wonderful, sassy Suzanne Pleshette. She kills it a gun-toting shrew who runs men off, yet secretly pines for the right man. The actor with the most one-liners is scruffy Dub Taylor, as the wise-cracking town doctor.

Burt Kennedy, Bill Finnegan; United Artists