Shoot Out at Big Sag is a 1962 American Western film. It starred Walter Brennan and was made for Brennan's production company.[1]
The film was produced by Brennan's son Andy and based on a story by Walter Coburn. It was meant to be a television pilot called Barbed Wire, and would have also starred Leif Erickson and Constance Ford. Shot in 1960, the pilot was to be called "Rawhide Halo".[2]
The pilot was eventually released as a film. In Mexico the film was titled Los Magnificos McCoy as a tie-in to Walter Brennan's American television series The Real McCoys.
Plot
"Preacher" Hawker is the pawn of his bossy wife Hannah, who wants to start a range war with their neighbor Sam Barbee. It doesn’t help that "Preacher"s' daughter and Barbee’s son have fallen in love. "Preacher" hires Chan Bartholomew, a lowlife saloon owner, to ensure that the outcome is in the Hawker family's favor.