The Castaway Cowboy
{{Short description|1974 film by Vincent McEveety}}
{{Infobox film
| name = The Castaway Cowboy
| image = The Castaway Cowboy FilmPoster.jpeg
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| director = Vincent McEveety
| producer = Ron Miller
Winston Hibler
| writer = Don Tait
| starring = James Garner
Vera Miles
Eric Shea
Robert Culp
| music = Robert F. Brunner
| cinematography = Andrew Jackson
| editing = Cotton Warburton
| studio = Walt Disney Productions
| distributor = Buena Vista Distribution
| released = {{Film date|1974|08|01}}
| runtime = 91 minutes
| country = United States
| language = English
| budget =
}}
The Castaway Cowboy is a 1974 American Western comedy film released by Walt Disney Productions starring James Garner, Vera Miles, Eric Shea, and Robert Culp about a Texas rancher who gets shanghaied, then jumps ship and finds himself washed ashore in Hawaii. Filmed on location in Hawaii, the film was directed by Vincent McEveety and written by Don Tait and Richard M. Bluel.
Garner later wrote that the best thing in the film was Hawaiian scenery.{{cite book|title=The Garner Files: A Memoir|first1=James|last1=Garner|first2=Jon|last2=Winokur|publisher=Simon & Schuster|year=2011|page=258}}
Plot
Texas cowboy, Lincoln Costain (James Garner), gets "shanghaied" in San Francisco, then jumps ship and washes ashore on the Hawaiian island of Kauai, right into the arms of widow Henrietta MacAvoy (Vera Miles) and her son (Eric Shea) who are struggling to make a living as farmers. A lot of wild cattle often trample their crops, so Costain gets the idea to start cattle ranching instead. The Hawaiian farm hands don't readily take to the American cowboy culture, and Calvin Bryson (Robert Culp), is a banker with eyes to grab Henrietta's land and maybe Henrietta herself.
Cast
- James Garner as Lincoln Costain
- Vera Miles as Henrietta MacAvoy
- Eric Shea as Booton 'Little Maca' MacAvoy
- Robert Culp as Calvin Bryson
- Elizabeth Smith as Liliha (MacAvoy housekeeper)
- Manu Tupou as Kimo
- Gregory Sierra as Marruja (Bryson's henchman)
- Shug Fisher as Capt. Cary
- Nephi Hannemann as Malakoma (Kahuna)
- Lito Capiña as Leleo
- Ralph Hanalei as Hopu
- Kim Kahana as Oka (as Kahana)
- Lee Woodd as Palani
- Luis Delgado as The Hatman (loses hat to Costain)
- Buddy Joe Hooker as Boatman taking Costain to ship
- Patrick Sullivan Burke as Sea captain in poker game
- Jerry Velasco as Hawaiian cowboy (voice)
See also
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References
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External links
- {{Official website|http://movies.disney.com/the-castaway-cowboy}}
- {{IMDb title|id=0071288}}
- {{TCMDb title|70440|The Castaway Cowboy}}
- [http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=8844857220560459276&q=%22James+Garner%22+%22Charlie+Rose%22&total=4&start=0&num=10&so=0&type=search&plindex=0 James Garner Interview on the Charlie Rose Show] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080103073849/http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=8844857220560459276&q=%22James+Garner%22+%22Charlie+Rose%22&total=4&start=0&num=10&so=0&type=search&plindex=0 |date=2008-01-03}}
- [http://video.google.com/videosearch?q=%22archive+of+american+television+interview+with+james+garner%22 James Garner interview] at Archive of American Television
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Category:1974 children's films
Category:1970s Western (genre) comedy films
Category:American Western (genre) films
Category:1970s English-language films
Category:Walt Disney Pictures films
Category:Films directed by Vincent McEveety
Category:Films produced by Ron W. Miller
Category:Films produced by Winston Hibler
Category:English-language Western (genre) comedy films
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