The Castaway Cowboy

The Castaway Cowboy
Theatrical release poster
Directed byVincent McEveety
Written byDon Tait
Produced byRon Miller
Winston Hibler
StarringJames Garner
Vera Miles
Eric Shea
Robert Culp
CinematographyAndrew Jackson
Edited byCotton Warburton
Music byRobert F. Brunner
Production
company
Distributed byBuena Vista Distribution
Release date
  • August 1, 1974 (1974-08-01)
Running time
91 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

The Castaway Cowboy is a 1974 American Western comedy 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 that the best thing in the film was Hawaiian scenery.[1]

  1. ^ Garner, James; Winokur, Jon (2011). The Garner Files: A Memoir. Simon & Schuster. p. 258.