Karry Best movie of this year hands down!

Actuakers One of my all time favorites.

FuzzyTagz If the ambition is to provide two hours of instantly forgettable, popcorn-munching escapism, it succeeds.

Billie Morin This movie feels like it was made purely to piss off people who want good shows

jum1801 Like several other reviewers, I also was a youngster in the heyday of the TV western, which ran from about 1955 to the late 60's. Although the monster shows like "Gunsmoke" and "Bonanza" ran well into the 70's, they were the exceptions, because by the late 60's the police/private detective shows and sitcoms were taking the place of almost all the cowboy shows of the previous 10-12 years.I was the perfect age for the cowboy shows, and knew most of them. Those were the days of only three entertainment-programming broadcast networks, so it was quite possible to be familiar with most of the shows we were interested in.I particularly liked "Yancy Derringer" because its New Orleans setting was, as far as I know even today, unique in the genre. Of course I liked stuntman and all-around tough-guy Jock Mahoney's suave and debonair Derringer, who carried several of the small, twin-barrel, two-shot pistols. IIRC the viewer was encouraged to believe the derringer pistols were Yancy's invention, even thoiuh they were the brainchild of a Pennsylvania gunsmith by the name of "Deringer, with one "r".But my favorite character was Yancy's sidekick/bodyguard whom he addressed as "Pahoo". If the tall, stern and emotionless Pahoo ever spoke a line of dialogue, I don't remember it. I have a vague recollection that Pahoo was supposed to have been mute. He always carried the huge, single-barreled, short shotgun described by others above, but what I mostly remember was his Bowie-type knife. It had a large, long blade and I recall Pahoo carried it high on his back, so that he drew it by reaching straight behind him, over his shoulder. I believe he was the very first character in American TV to carry a bladed weapon in that fashion. Until then that method of carrying was unknown to most in the US audience, although apparently it was a method used by Japanese samurai occasionally.So here it is more than 50 years later, but I still remember the thrill I would get seeing the silent and ever-loyal Pahoo, massive shotgun cradled in his arms, handle of his Bowie knife peeking over his shoulder, as he stood just out of the shadows, ready to defend Yancy from ambush. But I can't remember where I put my car keys 15 minutes ago! Oh well, I prefer to remember "Yancy Derringer" anyway.

provide-1 Never missed it. It came on 1/2 hour after school let out and if the bus was late, I'd miss some of the early minutes. The reason Pahoo couldn't speak and signed was that his tongue had been cut out by the Sioux. As a grade schooler,I used to play Pahoo with the neighborhood recreations of the show. I kept a rubber knife in my collar, a toy double barrel under a shoulder carried blanket and a headband with a couple of down pointing feathers. When trouble started, my friend would signal, "Pahoo" and I'd throwback the blanket to give them both barrels. And I never forgot the all important black bars on the cheeks. I never got good with the knife pass routine.

cmvoger I was a big fan of 'Yancy Derringer' from the first episode. By the time it was canceled, I had been accepted at a private school, and had gone away to a no-TV environment. But I remember it fondly. In these very innocent times, in the small-town South, there was nothing wrong with possession of a pocket knife, even on school grounds. My friends and I came up with a recess game of tossing open pocket knives back and forth to each other, in imitation of Yancey and Pahoo. (In the show's context, the two men used this method of the man with the knife delivering it to the one who needed to throw it at somebody, stab somebody, or maybe sharpen a pencil.) We felt especially good when A could get the knife to B, who could then throw it and stick it in a tree. We broke a few knife points, but nobody got hurt. File under: God takes care of idiots.I am aware that New Orleans during Reconstruction was a rougher place than pictured in the series. But it made for a good fantasy. Like other contributers, I would appreciate seeing it in reruns or in DVD release

Ben Burgraff (cariart) "Yancy Derringer" was one of those series that dared to be different, a 'Western' that was set in post-Civil War New Orleans. If your memories of Jock Mahoney are of him as a lean, middle-aged Tarzan in his two 1960s appearances as the Ape Man, the show may be something of a surprise. He is soft-spoken, smooth, and dapper, here, and altogether 'cool'.Loaded with a laid-back charm, an Indian partner (X Brand) unique in series television in his status as the hero's 'equal' and not just a 'sidekick' (an episode where the pair take the grievances of the Indian nations to Congress is a personal favorite), and one of the most beautiful theme songs of fifties television, the short-lived program is certainly as 'watchable' as the more successful "Have Gun, Will Travel", "Wanted: Dead or Alive" and the other more 'adult' westerns of the period.If the series re-emerges on one of the 'nostalgia' cable channels, check it out...you won't be disappointed!