Details

Release year: 1969

Storyline

In the old west, a man becomes a Sheriff just for the pay, figuring he can decamp if things get tough. In the end, he uses ingenuity instead.

Top credits

Directors

Burt Kennedy

Writers

William Bowers

Cast

James Garner — Jason
Joan Hackett — Prudy
Walter Brennan — Pa Danby
Harry Morgan — Olly Perkins

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Did you know

• On the wall in the jail, the wanted poster for "Ben Silas" is the same prop seen frequently in Gunsmoke (1955).

• Though not a sequel nor related to this storyline, this movie was followed by Support Your Local Gunfighter (1971), with most of the cast intact playing similar characters.

• This movie was made by the Artists' Union as a way to keep many of the writers, actors and production crew working. James Garner was the only person involved with the movie who made more than scale. Fans of films and television of this era will recognize literally dozens of familiar faces among the character actors in this film, which makes the film seem like a actors benefit.