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While hardly the first Western spoof to ride out of Hollywood, Support Your Local Sheriff is easily one of the best. James Garner plays the confident, cool-headed cowboy who strolls into a wild gold rush town on the way to Australia and takes the job as sheriff. Like a parody of My Darling Clementine by way of Rio Bravo, he arrests the hotheaded but hopelessly confused son (Bruce Dern) of a ruthless ranching magnate (Walter Brennan). Stuck with a half-built jail (where he keeps his prisoner penned up with pure psychology and a few spatters of red paint), a rummy sidekick (google-eyed Jack Elam in one of his first comic turns), and a disaster-prone tomboy (Joan Hackett), he takes on a succession of gunfighters with increasing exasperation. "Sure is a childish way for a grown man to make a living," he laments before chasing one gunman out of Dodge by pelting him with rocks. Directed with laconic ease by veteran Western director Burt Kennedy, it's a clever spoof of familiar conventions in a lighthearted vein, more understated and affectionate than Mel Brooks's outrageous farce Blazing Saddles. It inspired a slew of imitators, including a decade of silly Disney Westerns that sank the genre in slapstick shenanigans, and was followed in 1971 by Kennedy's pseudosequel Support Your Local Gunfighter, which reteamed Garner and Elam in a more mercenary story of con artists and gunslingers. --Sean Axmaker
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SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL SHERIFF
Genre: Westerns
Rating: G
Release Date: 0000-00-00
Media Type: DVD
SKU:GMDB2221844
Genre: Westerns
Rating: G
Release Date: 0000-00-00
Media Type: DVD
SKU:GMDB2221844
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By Jon Corelis
Format:DVD
Dumb but funny western spoof with James Garner as a sheriff whose gun is fast but whose wits are faster and Walter Brennan doing a comic take-off on his most famous role as Old Man Clanton in My Darling Clementine. Serious fans of the Western film genre will notice numerous other classic references: a meeting of craven townspeople as in High Noon, Garner's sheriff office looking remarkably like the one in Rio Bravo, a target-shooting scene like the one in Winchester '73, and others. Good light entertainment. No advisories, except occasional mildly suggestive language and situations. The UA 2001 DVD transfer is very good.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
By bixodoido
Format:DVD
James Garner stars as Jason McCullough in this hilarious Western spoof. This was the era of John Wayne westerns, and this movie came about at just about the right time to make fun of the western and what it had become, often scarcely more than a cookie-cutter production with a predictable plot, scowling gunfighters, and the same basic storyline. McCullough is a wandering frontiersman on his way to Australia, and happens upon a small mining town which has sprung up overnight and become too big for its laws. He decides to earn a little extra money before moving on, and takes a job as the sheriff of the town. Consequently he's forced to deal with the Danby bunch, a rancher family who's swindling and intimidating the mine owners. Between dealing with the Danbys (headed by the very funny Walter Brennan), trying to keep his prisoners in a jail with no bars, and fighting off the advances of the hapless mayor's daughter, McCullough has his hands full.
Garner is great in his role as the opportunistic, but effective, sheriff. Jack Elam co-stars as his deputy, and the antics of this pair are enough to keep anyone entertained throughout the movie. Anyone familiar with Westerns from this era will appreciate the humor of this parody on Hollywood's Wild West.
Garner is great in his role as the opportunistic, but effective, sheriff. Jack Elam co-stars as his deputy, and the antics of this pair are enough to keep anyone entertained throughout the movie. Anyone familiar with Westerns from this era will appreciate the humor of this parody on Hollywood's Wild West.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
By A Customer
Format:DVD
I have no idea how they managed to put all these simple jokes in such sweet package, but they did certainly made just this - they made me laugh and asking for more of the same dish. What I find especially wonderful about this particular spoof - it does not spoil the memories about serous good Westerns. I watched "The Shootist" right before and "Rio Diablo" right after, enjoyed all. Try same with some pleasure stealing spoof like "Blazing Saddles", won't work.
I took 1 star for too much silliness, predictability and a little bit of bad acting from some supporting characters.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
The ole west was never funnier
James Garner pulls a great role in this ole west feature, he proves he can do comedy while staying true to his acting nature we all love. Read more
Published on Aug 6 2010 by Steven J. Kalynuik
5.0 out of 5 stars
Subtle Comedy At It's Best
Real wholesome good fun! A cleverly funny movie with an interesting story that grabs you from the start and doesn't let go. I dare anyone NOT to like it -- it can't be done!
Published on Mar 26 2010 by Louise Nielsen
3.0 out of 5 stars
Support Your Local Sheriff
Garner shines in this western comedy as the town's new sheriff, attempting to bring law and order where others before him have failed. Read more
Published on Feb 16 2008 by Paul A. Marsh
5.0 out of 5 stars
Garner leads a Wild West Funfest!!!!
In the Wild West, while "passing though" a gold-rush boom town on his way to Australia, Jason McCullough decides to earn some pocket money by taking the vacant post of sheriff. Read more
Published on April 17 2002 by Hazen B Markoe
5.0 out of 5 stars
Lots of fun!
This film is as much as a delight today, as it was when I first saw it at 12-years-old. A must for your collection!
Published on Dec 28 2001
5.0 out of 5 stars
keeps me laughing
YOu'd never think that James Garner was a comedy actor, but he keeps me laughing in this movie. also has Col. Potter from MASH in this movie.
Published on Dec 7 2001 by Karl Hamm
5.0 out of 5 stars
Wholesome Entertainment
For pure fun loving comedy, you can not beat this combination of characters and the actors that play the parts. Read more
Published on July 28 2001 by Duke Johnson
5.0 out of 5 stars
James Garner Is One of the Greatest
I saw this film many years ago when it came out. I loved it then and I love it now. How time goes by. I always liked Joan Hackett. I thought she was great. Read more
Published on July 25 2001 by gobirds2
5.0 out of 5 stars
60 for who and 40 for who?
Down through time it is easy to get the "support your local" films mixed up. This is the first. Read more
Published on July 23 2001 by bernie
5.0 out of 5 stars
All the funny stuff rolled into one
SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL SHERIFF has all the funny Western parody stuff rolled into one. It is the High Noon and all of those classic Westerns with the serious parts taken out, replaced... Read more
Published on July 2 2001 by John R. Bridell
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