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Identifying two "civilized man out of his depth" westerns.
MorganV
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OK, so there's two movies from my past that I'm trying to identify.
Both are Westerns, and both have the same basic premise, an educated New Englander type finds themselves in the West.
The first, I distinctly remember being about a guy trying to get rich selling pistols of the sleeve gun variety, and being mistaken as a gunslinger. Some funny moments, but mostly played straight. It MAY have been black and white, but if not, it's definitely in the early years of colorization.
Second one, is newer in that it'd be late 70's to early 90's. It was a small group of cowboys who take a young "civilized" man under their wing after he gets in all sorts of trouble. Could have sworn it had Bruce Boxleitner as the "kid", but I checked his filmography, and it's not him (not unless I've missed something). The two key defining moments of the movie are teaching the youngster how to shoot by not trying to aim, but instead "pointing" (making him practice without a gun in hand), and the closing scene, where they talk about liking the frontier, and if the "civilization" thing got too close, they could always just move further west. This obviously ends with the movie having them riding off into the sunset, going over a ridge, and being at the Pacific Ocean, before accepting civilization is here to stay, and returning to their town. Not an outright comedy, but not played particularly straight.
It's been driving me nuts whenever I think about it.
Both are Westerns, and both have the same basic premise, an educated New Englander type finds themselves in the West.
The first, I distinctly remember being about a guy trying to get rich selling pistols of the sleeve gun variety, and being mistaken as a gunslinger. Some funny moments, but mostly played straight. It MAY have been black and white, but if not, it's definitely in the early years of colorization.
Second one, is newer in that it'd be late 70's to early 90's. It was a small group of cowboys who take a young "civilized" man under their wing after he gets in all sorts of trouble. Could have sworn it had Bruce Boxleitner as the "kid", but I checked his filmography, and it's not him (not unless I've missed something). The two key defining moments of the movie are teaching the youngster how to shoot by not trying to aim, but instead "pointing" (making him practice without a gun in hand), and the closing scene, where they talk about liking the frontier, and if the "civilization" thing got too close, they could always just move further west. This obviously ends with the movie having them riding off into the sunset, going over a ridge, and being at the Pacific Ocean, before accepting civilization is here to stay, and returning to their town. Not an outright comedy, but not played particularly straight.
It's been driving me nuts whenever I think about it.
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I'll skim the filmography and see if anything stands out.
but they're listening to every word I say
Boxleitner seems to have been in a lot of those
-Indiana Solo, runner of blades
2) Possibly Man of the East
Stodge City is in the grip of the Rumpo Kid and his gang. Mistaken identity again takes a hand as a "sanitary engineer" (plumber) by the name of Marshal P. Knutt is mistaken for a law marshal! Being the conscientious sort, Marshal tries to help the town get rid of Rumpo, and a showdown is inevitable. Marshal has two aids - revenge-seeking Annie Oakley and his sanitary expertise...
And yeesh *tugs collar* the Carry On films have not aged well
Edit. You found it already!