Support Your Local Sheriff!

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Support Your Local Sheriff!

G,

1969,

1h 33m,

Western/

Comedy

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80%

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5,000+ Ratings

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81%

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A small-scale gold rush erupts in a Colorado town after treasure is found in a grave. The area quickly becomes a magnet for criminals and other ne'er-do-wells, but everyone is too intent on searching for gold to consider law and order. When Jason McCullough (James Garner), a clever and supremely laid-back gunslinger, wanders into town, he becomes the de facto lawman, aided by local eccentric Jake (Jack Elam). McCullough's ingenuity is tested, however, when he runs afoul of the tough Danby gang.

Colin McArthur

Sight & Sound

Apr 1, 2020

In Support Your Local Sheriff Burt Kennedy and William Bowers remind us that it is possible to make a comic Western and yet love and understand the genre.

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Roger Ebert

Chicago Sun-Times

Oct 23, 2004

2/4

It's essentially a lousy TV situation comedy dragged out to feature length for no good reason.

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Steven D. Greydanus

Decent Films

Jan 30, 2004

A-

Garner brings a variation on his 'Maverick' persona to this classic satirical Western... does for Westerns what The Princess Bride did for fairy-tale fantasy.

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Sean Axmaker

Stream on Demand

Aug 19, 2023

[James] Garner is a master playing the easy-going straight man with a mix of wit and practicality...

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Paul Schrader

Los Angeles Free Press

Jun 30, 2020

Mindless Entertainment Department: veteran screenwriter William Bowers has written a funny script for a film with the suspiciously corny title of Support Your Local Sheriff.

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Matt Brunson

Film Frenzy

Sep 23, 2019

3.5/4

An absolutely riotous Western.

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Abraham S

Jun 12, 2018

Complete garbage... or a silly spoof. I fast-forwarded it just to see what happened, needn't have bothered.

George R

Apr 29, 2018

Support Your Local Sheriff is a decent film. It is about a gambler who is persuaded to take the job of sheriff of a crime-ridden mining town. James Garner and Walter Brennan give good performances. The script is a little slow in places. Burt Kennedy did an alright job directing this movie. I liked this motion picture because of the humor and romance.

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Jason McCullough

Joan Hackett

Prudy Perkins

Walter Brennan

Pa Danby

Harry Morgan

Olly Perkins

Jack Elam

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Synopsis

A small-scale gold rush erupts in a Colorado town after treasure is found in a grave. The area quickly becomes a magnet for criminals and other ne'er-do-wells, but everyone is too intent on searching for gold to consider law and order. When Jason McCullough (James Garner), a clever and supremely laid-back gunslinger, wanders into town, he becomes the de facto lawman, aided by local eccentric Jake (Jack Elam). McCullough's ingenuity is tested, however, when he runs afoul of the tough Danby gang.

Director: Burt Kennedy
Producer: William Bowers
Screenwriter: William Bowers
Production Co: Cherokee Productions
Rating: G
Genre: Western, Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Apr 15, 2017
Runtime: 1h 33m

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