The Castaway Cowboy

The Castaway Cowboy
The Castaway Cowboy
	Theatrical poster
Directed by	Vincent McEveety
Written by	Don Tait
Produced by	Ron Miller; Winston Hibler
Starring	James Garner; Vera Miles; Eric Shea; Robert Culp
Cinematography	Andrew Jackson
Edited by	Cotton Warburton
Music by	Robert F. Brunner
Production; company	Walt Disney Productions
Distributed by	Buena Vista Distribution
Release date	August 1, 1974;
Running time	91 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

The Castaway Cowboy is a 1974 American western adventure 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 "the best thing in it is the Hawaiian scenery."^[1]

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.