The Castaway Cowboy (1974)
Mysteries of the West
Fridays in December
About
James Garner, Vera Miles, and Robert Culp star in this comedy that’s great for the whole family. In the mid-19th century, a Texas cowboy named Lincoln Costain gets “shanghaied” and put on a ship headed to Hawaii. He jumps overboard and is saved by a 12-year-old boy named Booton MacAvoy. Booton brings him home and introduces Lincoln to his mother, Henrietta. While staying with them, Lincoln hatches a plan to help Henrietta transform her failing potato farm into a profitable cattle ranch. But first, Lincoln must turn the laid-back islanders into real cowboys, fight off the tricks of a local witch doctor, and outsmart a banker with plans to steal Henrietta’s farm. Should be easy, right? (Wrong)…