The Castaway Cowboy

The Castaway Cowboy1974

Stars: James Garner, Vera Miles, Robert Culp, Eric Shea
Genre: Comedy, Family, Western
Rating: G
Runtime: 91 minutes

The Castaway Cowboy is a 1974 American 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 Haw… more »



Henrietta MacAvoy:
You just can't expect to change a whole culture overnight.

Lincoln Costain:
I don't have the least notion of changing it. If you'll just give me my wages I won't be troubling you any further.

Henrietta MacAvoy:
You know, it is Sunday. They're entitled to some recreation.

Lincoln Costain:
There just ain't any Sundays when it's roundup until the job gets done.

Henrietta MacAvoy:
Well, maybe if you met them halfway they would be able...

Lincoln Costain:
Ma'am there aren't any halfways in the cattle business. It would be easier to make a cherry pie out of barbed wire than to make a cowboy out of the best of the lot of them. They just ain't cut out for workin'.

Henrietta MacAvoy:
Booton says they're really trying.

Lincoln Costain:
That's whats so frightening, they are.

Henrietta MacAvoy:
But if they're showing progress...

Lincoln Costain:
They aren't showing progress, they're just trying. It ain't the same thing.

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