Support Your Local Sheriff! (1969)

Directed by

Burt Kennedy

Genre

comedy film, Western film, parody film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 33m

Rated

G

Rating

7.0 of 10 from 204 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A stranger wanders into a rough frontier town and decides to take on the job of sheriff. He uses clever tricks and humor to deal with the town's outlaws and troublemakers.

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What happens

Support Your Local Sheriff! is a 1969 American comedy Western film directed by Burt Kennedy and starring James Garner, Joan Hackett, and Walter Brennan. The supporting cast features Harry Morgan, Jack Elam, Bruce Dern, and Henry Jones. The picture was distributed by United Artists and produced by William Bowers (who also wrote the screenplay), and Bill Finnegan. The film is a parody of a common Western trope - the selfless, rugged stranger who tames a lawless frontier town. Its title was derived from the popular 1960s campaign slogan "Support Your Local Police". (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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