Hot Lead and Cold Feet

Hot Lead and Cold Feet (originally titled Welcome to Bloodshy) is a 1978 American comedy-western film produced by Walt Disney Productions and starring Jim Dale, Karen Valentine, Don Knotts, Jack Elam and Darren McGavin.[1]

Hot Lead and Cold Feet
Theatrical release poster
Directed byRobert Butler
Produced byRon Miller
Written byJoe McEveety
Arthur Alsberg
Don Nelson
Story byRod Piffath
StarringJim Dale
Karen Valentine
Don Knotts
Jack Elam
Darren McGavin
Music byBuddy Baker
CinematographyFrank V. Phillips
Edited byRay de Leuw
Production
company
Distributed byBuena Vista Distribution
Release date
July 5, 1978 (1978-07-05)
Running time
90 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

It was released on July 5, 1978 by Buena Vista Distribution on a double feature with The Madcap Adventures of Mr. Toad, a re-titled reissue of the 1949 animated featurette The Wind in the Willows (from The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad).

Plot

Jasper Bloodshy (Dale) runs the rough-and-tumble town of Bloodshy—named after him because he founded it—which lives in fear of Jasper's gunslinging son Wild Billy (also played by Dale). Jasper has just found out he has another son named Eli (again, played by Dale), who lives in Philadelphia.

It turns out that years ago, Jasper's crazy ways were too much for his bride from England, so she left—leaving behind one twin—and returned to England. With the help of his English butler Mansfield, he writes a new will that mentions Eli, then fakes his death by pretending to fall off a cliff in front of Bloodshy's corrupt mayor Ragsdale (McGavin) and sheriff Denver Kid (Knotts), both of whom he has just told about his second son.

Eli turns out to be the opposite of Wild Billy. He works as a Salvation Army missionary in Philadelphia with orphans named Roxanne (Debbie Lytton) and Marcus (Michael Sharrett). When Eli receives a telegram informing him about his father's death, a father that he did not know existed, he decides to accept the invitation to come to Bloodshy for his inheritance, bringing Marcus and Roxanne with him.

Their stagecoach is held up by the Snead brothers, a group of outlaws that Ragsdale has sent to run off Eli. Unfortunately, nobody was told that Jasper's other son was a twin, so they mistake Eli for Wild Billy (the first of many to mistake the two). The Sneads return to Bloodshy, but did cause the stagecoach to run off, leaving Eli, Marcus and Roxanne stranded. On their way to Bloodshy (by foot), they meet a woman named Jenny (Valentine) who is also headed for Bloodshy to start a school. They head for the town together.

Mansfield brings the will to Sheriff Denver to deliver to Ragsdale. From there, it is learned that a contest is involved in the inheritance. The contest is a miles-long obstacle course known as the Bloody Bloodshy Trail that involves operating train engines, crossing a gorge using a rope, climbing a mountain and driving a wagon.

During the contest both Eli and Billy realize that Ragsdale has set them up to kill each other so that he would collect the entire fortune. Both brothers make up and expose Ragsdale for what he really is. Soon after, Ragsdale is imprisoned and Denver Kid becomes the new mayor.

Cast

References
  1. Cox, Stephen; Marhanka, Kevin (2008). The Incredible Mr. Don Knotts. Cumberland House. pp. 144–146. ISBN 9781581826586.
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