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.
Acting
Garner's eyebrow work deserves its own Oscar category.
Writing
Kennedy's script trusts the audience to get the joke without explaining it.
Costume
Pleshette's wardrobe walks the line between saloon and business casual.
Director
Burt Kennedy
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
Elmer / Storekeeper
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This reunited Garner with his Support Your Local Sheriff! director and several cast members, though it's not a sequel.
Released during the dying days of the Western genre, it helped pivot the cowboy film toward comedy just before Blazing Saddles made it obsolete.
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