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The family heads to the Wild West when Maggie's grandfather passes away and leaves her his gold mine, near the town of Gower Gulch. When they get to town, however, they discover that they don't know quite where grandpa's gold is (even though his ghost is trying to help), and furthermore a mysterious "Big Boss" is out to prevent them from finding it.

Jim Bannon, June Harrison, Renie Riano, and Joe Yule in Jiggs and Maggie Out West (1950)

Amusing low-budget burlesque of western movies

The doggies may not be rollin' but Maggie sure is with her weapon of choice.

Jiggs, Maggie, and daughter Nora head west to the town of Gower Gulch after Maggie inherits a gold mine from Grandpa MacGillacuddy. Maggie&#39;s search for her grandfather&#39;s gold (assisted somewhat ineffectually by the old man&#39;s ghost), is opposed by outlaw Snake Bite Carter, who is acting under the direction of the Big Boss. Meanwhile, Jiggs sends a telegram to Dinty Moore that results in something of a gold rush by the old gang, and Dinty tags along to take possession of Gower Gulch&#39;s abandoned saloon. Nora is wooed by Snake Bite&#39;s kid brother, Bob Carter, who also turns out to be working for the Big Boss. The film takes a surprise turn at the end when the identity of the Big Boss is revealed.  Not a great film, but an amusing burlesque of western movies that should appeal to fans of the classic comic strip.<br/><br/>Sadly, this film marked the end of the Monogram series, as Joe Yule died of a heart attack shortly after shooting was completed.

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Jiggs and Maggie Out West

Corny as corny can be, this western spoof is another case of city slickers in the wild, wild west. Of course, Jiggs and Maggie are not Fred MacMurray and Claudette Colbert and certainly no influence on Eva Gabor and Eddie Albert. But in the one previous entry of this series based on a long forgotten comic strip, Jiggs and Maggie did indeed live on Park Avenue, and Renee Riano&#39;s Maggie wanted to break into society, even with her uncooth manner. Joe Yule&#39;s Jiggs is a reluctant tag along who&#39;d rather be at old hangout Dinty Moore&#39;s than dealing with life in a ghost town where Maggie has inherited a gold mine. There&#39;s plenty of effort to stop Maggie from finding this mind through old family rivals whose ancestors killed her grandfather, now haunting Maggie and driving Jiggs nuts.<br/><br/>Only a few of the series have shown up for viewing, and that doesn&#39;t mean that they are must see&#39;s. The characters could have filled out plenty of two reel comedy shorts, but the films are so dated that even the funniest old cliché metaphor doesn&#39;t get as much as a chuckle. The actor voicing grandfather&#39;s ghost seems to be trying to do a W.C. Fields impression, but all that does is temporarily distract from the fact that this is completely unfunny. I found the Bowery Boys funnier in the west as well as Wheeler and Woolsey, the Marx Brothers, Laurel and Hardy, and Abbott and Costello. Riano and Yule remind me of the routines of the Three Stooges which seems to repeat the same old routines in pretty much everything they did.

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Jiggs and Maggie Out West

Amusing low-budget burlesque of western movies

The doggies may not be rollin' but Maggie sure is with her weapon of choice.

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