{"id":39891,"date":"2025-09-04T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-09-04T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=39891"},"modified":"2025-09-03T21:58:08","modified_gmt":"2025-09-04T01:58:08","slug":"support-your-local-gunfighter-1971-starring-james-garner-suzanne-pleshette-and-jack-elam-z-view","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=39891","title":{"rendered":"\u201cSupport Your Local Gunfighter!\u201d (1971) starring James Garner, Suzanne Pleshette and Jack Elam \/ Z-View"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/stallonezone.com\/zone\/2025\/z090425zview_supportgunfighter.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"765\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong><i>Support Your Local Gunfighter! <\/i>(1971)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Director: \u00a0<strong>Burt Kennedy<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Screenplay: <strong>James Edward Grant, Burt Kennedy\u00a0<\/strong>(uncredited)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Stars: <strong>James Garner, Suzanne Pleshette, Jack Elam, Harry Morgan, Joan Blondell, Marie Windsor, John Dehner, Henry Jones, Dub Taylor, Kathleen Freeman, Dick Curtis, Willis Bouchey, Willis Bouchey, Walter Burke, Gene Evans,\u00a0 Grady Sutton, Virginia Capers <\/strong>and <strong>Ellen Corby<\/strong><strong>.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Tagline:<em> The story of a man who took the law into his own finger!<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>The Plot&#8230;<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Latigo Smith, a gambler, con artist, fast gun and ladies man is almost roped into marriage.\u00a0 While his bride-to-be sleeps, the train they&#8217;re traveling on stops at the small mining town of Purgatory.\u00a0 When the train leaves, Latigo isn&#8217;t on it.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Purgatory is in the middle of a war between two mine barons: Taylor Barton and Colonel Ames.\u00a0 Each man is trying to get to the mother lode of gold.\u00a0 They&#8217;ve both hired roughnecks and rowdies.\u00a0 Needless to say the town is a wild place.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">As the new man in town, Latigo is mistaken for the infamous gunslinger, &#8220;Swifty&#8221; Morgan.\u00a0 This gives Latigo an idea.\u00a0 Realizing it&#8217;s not a smart idea to play a killer, Latigo talks his new friend, the none-to-bright Jug May into playing the part.\u00a0 Soon Latigo and &#8220;Swifty&#8221; are being treated like kings.<\/p>\n<p>Then the real Swifty Morgan arrives.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Thoughts (beware of spoilers)\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">I loved <em>Support Your Local Sheriff.\u00a0\u00a0<\/em>I had high hopes for <em>Support Your Local Gunfighter<\/em> since the director, James Garner and most of the cast was returning.\u00a0 Sadly it falls short of the first film.\u00a0 Also the film is NOT a sequel.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: inherit; color: initial;\"><b><i><strong>Support Your Local Gunfighter! (1971)<\/strong> <\/i><\/b>rates 3 of 5 stars<\/span><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/stallonezone.com\/zone\/logo\/zview_c.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"100\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/stallonezone.com\/zone\/2025\/z090425zview_supportgunfighter2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"270\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Support Your Local Gunfighter! 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