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Shoot Out at Big Sag
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Wikipedia article
'Shoot Out at Big Sag' is a 1962 American Western film. It starred Walter Brennan and was made for Brennan's production company.
The film was produced by Brennan's son Andy and based on a story by Walter Coburn. It was meant to be a television pilot called 'Barbed Wire', and would have also starred Leif Erickson and Constance Ford. Shot in 1960, the pilot was to be called "Rawhide Halo".
The pilot was eventually released as a film. In Mexico the film was titled 'Los Magnificos McCoy' as a tie-in to Walter Brennan's American television series 'The Real McCoys'.
Plot summary
"Preacher" Hawker (Walter Brennan) is the pawn of his bossy wife Hannah (Luana Patten), who wants to start a range war with their neighbor Sam Barbee (Leif Erickson). It doesnt help that "Preacher"s' daughter and Barbees son have fallen in love. "Preacher" hires Chan Bartholomew (Les Tremayne), a lowlife saloon owner, to ensure that the outcome is in the Hawker family's favor.
Cast
*Walter Brennan as "Preacher" Hawker
*Leif Erickson as Sam Barbee
*Luana Patten as Hannah Hawker
*Chris Robinson as Lee Barbee
*Constance Ford as Goldie Bartholomew
*Virginia Gregg as Sarah Treadway Hawker
*Les Tremayne as Chan Bartholomew
*Don O'Kelly as Fargo (as Donald O'Kelly)
* Andy Brennan as Townsman
*Hal Needham as Saloon Brawler (uncredited)
*Buddy Roosevelt as Barfly (uncredited)
References
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