Sam Whiskey (1969)

A widow (Angie Dickinson) hires a cowboy con artist (Burt Reynolds) to help her return a stolen shipment of gold to the U.S. mint in Denver. But it isn't easy as there are others after the gold. Directed by Arnold Laven (THE HUNTING PARTY), this western heist comedy is amiable enough but it's a wearisome affair that never catches fire. Burt Reynolds wouldn't become a big star until DELIVERANCE (1972) and this kind of generic adventure comedies were typical of the stuff he was passing time with until the John Boorman film put him on the A list. The cocky charm that would be Reynolds' signature after he became a star is in full force here. If that works for you, you might enjoy it more than I did. Dickinson did her first above the waist nude scene but it was cut to avoid an R rating. With Clint Walker, Ossie Davis and William Schallert.