{{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 W. Miller|Ron Miller]]<br>[[Winston Hibler]] | writer = Don Tait | starring = [[James Garner]]<br>[[Vera Miles]]<br>[[Eric Shea]]<br>[[Robert Culp]] | music = Robert F. Brunner | cinematography = Andrew Jackson | editing = [[Cotton Warburton]] | studio = [[Walt Disney Pictures|Walt Disney Productions]] | distributor = [[Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures|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 Pictures|Walt Disney Productions]] starring [[James Garner]], [[Vera Miles]], [[Eric Shea]], and [[Robert Culp]] about a Texas rancher who gets [[Shanghaiing|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.<ref>{{cite book|title=The Garner Files: A Memoir|first1=James|last1=Garner|first2=Jon|last2=Winokur|publisher=Simon & Schuster|year=2011|page=258}}</ref>
==Plot== Texas [[cowboy]], Lincoln Costain ([[James Garner]]), gets "[[Shanghaiing|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== {{Portal|Disney|Film}} * [[List of American films of 1974]]
==References== {{reflist}}
==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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