Support Your Local Sheriff! (1969)

User Rating:

7.5/10   

Director:

Burt Kennedy

Writer:

William Bowers (writer)

Release Date:

26 March 1969 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Western

Plot:

In the old west, a man becomes a sheriff just for the pay, figuring he can decamp if things get tough. In the end, he uses ingenuity instead.

Plot Keywords:

Sheriff | Australia | Fued | Town Mayor | Country Girl

Awards:

1 win & 2 nominations

Cast

James Garner	...	Jason McCullough
Joan Hackett	...	Prudy Perkins
Walter Brennan	...	Pa Danby
Harry Morgan	...	Olly Perkins
Jack Elam	...	Jake
Henry Jones	...	Henry Jackson
Bruce Dern	...	Joe Danby
Willis Bouchey	...	Thomas Devery
Gene Evans	...	Tom Danby
Walter Burke	...	Fred Johnson
Dick Peabody	...	Luke Danby
Chubby Johnson	...	Brady
Kathleen Freeman	...	Mrs. Danvers
Dick Haynes	...	Bartender

Also Known As:

The Sheriff (USA) (working title)

Runtime:

92 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Australia:G | Singapore:PG | West Germany:12 (nf) | Finland:K-8 | Sweden:11 | USA:G

Filming Locations:

Iverson Ranch, Chatsworth, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Cherokee Productions

Trivia:

The film's title is a parody of a bumper sticker popular around the time it was made, "Support Your Local Police" part of the "law and order" movement led by such contemporary politicians as Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan and George Wallace.

Goofs:

Continuity: During the final gun battle, the intact portions of the glass windows that the Prudy has broken change from shot to shot.

Quotes:

Pa Danby: If that gun had gone off, it'd of blowed right up in my face.
Jason McCullough: Now it wouldn't have done my finger a hell of a lot of good either, would it? What can I do for you, Mr. Danby?

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Mystery Science Theater 3000: Gamera vs. Barugon (#4.4)" (1991)

Soundtrack:

Rock of Ages

A Great "Movie Night" Film for All Audiences

This is a great film to have in your collection and to pull out when you have guests with varied tastes. Fantastic screenplay, staging, pacing and, most of all, incredible acting, all come together to make this a nearly perfect film. Someone says, "I don't like Westerns," you tell them this is a western "spoof" and really more of a brain-over-brawn and romance than a western in the classical sense. Another says, "I'm getting tired of romantic-comedies," you tell them that it's not the main storyline, and the romance is just another part of the spoof. There are some well-staged and funny action scenes and lots of witty dialogue. Whatever a person likes, it is in here; and whatever a person may not like, there is not so much of it in here to dominate the movie, and so much else to enjoy. Get this one in your video library as soon as possible...