The Castaway Cowboy (1974)

 Set in late 19th century Hawaii, referred to here as the 'Sandwich Islands', 'The Castaway Cowboy' concerns a shanghaied Texas cow hand (James Garner) who becomes stranded on the isle of Kauai and ultimately helps a widow (Vera Miles) and her son (Eric Shea) revitalize their struggling potato farm as a cattle ranch and save it from a possessive banker (Robert Culp) and his hired witch doctor (Manu Tupou). Mildly racist this bottom of the barrel Disney fair still has its own limited kind of charm, an odd mixture of irony and sincerity. The rushed, lazy and cheap fair that director Vincent McEveety pushed out in mass for Buena Vista through the 1970's. At first I thought this might be kind of fun and redeemable, but it's largely lifeless and super predictable. Simply put, while I couldn't quite hate it, it is honestly bad, probably one of the 3 or 4 worst Disney film's I've ever seen. *