>>> Perhaps a theme for a future release is shaping up.  Something like
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>>> Yojimbo or Sanjuro (sp?) with Puffy as the wandering samurai.  Yojimbo
>>> is prolly an easier storyline to adapt.

Yojimbo.  There are plenty of good scenes (like the hiring process) in
that one.   Also there are, uh, parallels with films in other genres
like "For a Fistfull of Dollars".