The Castaway Cowboy (1974)

A Texas cowboy (James Garner) is shanghaied and when he jumps ship, he finds himself washed ashore on the island of Kauai in Hawaii. A widow (Vera Miles) with a small son (Eric Shea, THE POSEIDON ADVENTURE) running a failing potato farm nurses him back to health. Directed by Vincent McEveety, the novelty of a Hawaiian western quickly wears off once the tedium sets in. This being a Walt Disney production, it's family friendly but it's sloppily written with cardboard characters. The film portrays the indigenous Hawaiians as shiftless superstitious savages till the Caucasian cowboy whips them into shape. The training of the Hawaiians to become cowboys is supposed to provide the film's humor but the comedy is lame. To the film's credit, at least it casts actual Hawaiian actors rather than putting white actors in brownface. This being Kauai, known as the garden island, the scenery is lush and handsome, so's there's that. With Robert Culp as the villain hoping to marry Vera Miles, Gregory Sierra and Manu Tupou.