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Support Your Local Sheriff!

Support Your Local Sheriff!

Comedy · Western · 1969

In the old west, a man becomes a Sheriff just for the pay, figuring he can decamp if things get tough.

Movie details

Support Your Local Sheriff!

“Bad men... Bad ladies... Bad horses...”

1969 Comedy · Western 1h 32m

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TMDB

6.9 / 10

Community rating

In the old west, a man becomes a Sheriff just for the pay, figuring he can decamp if things get tough.

CriticWise case file

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The archetype split

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Directed by

Burt Kennedy

Written by

William Bowers

James Garner

James Garner

Jason McCullough

Joan Hackett

Joan Hackett

Prudy Perkins

Walter Brennan

Walter Brennan

Pa Danby

Harry Morgan

Harry Morgan

Olly Perkins

Jack Elam

Jack Elam

Jake

Henry Jones

Henry Jones

Henry Jackson

Bruce Dern

Bruce Dern

Joe Danby

Court is in session

Put Support Your Local Sheriff! on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Auteur Devotee

“Form is the argument.”

Every composed frame and deliberate cut is evidence that control can be thrilling in its own right.

The prosecution The Popcorn Loyalist

“Technique in search of a pulse.”

Immaculate construction is still construction. The film may be too busy proving its craft to feel alive.