Support Your Local Gunfighter

Support Your Local Gunfighter

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

G 1971 · 91 min · ★ 6.6 · Comedy, Western

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

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