Movies under the starssupport your local sheriff lyndon. Support your local sheriff 1969 movie mistakes, goofs and. The characters themselves arein characteraware of the absurdities of the genre without having. The biggest mistakes you never noticed in support your local sheriff 1969. When the camera pulls back to show pa danby crossing the. Support your local sheriff is a textbook example of the evil influence tv has on the movies. Rio lobo western movie, john wayne, english, war adventure, full film, free cowboy movie duration. It stars james garner, joan hackett, walter brennan, jack elam, harry morgan and bruce dern. Mar 30, 2016 an unwitting franchise of sorts, the support your local.
The film shares many cast and crew members and plot elements with the earlier support your local sheriff. Support your local sheriff dvd, 2001, western legends. Support your local sheriff, from 1968, is one of the better western comedies i have seen. Film series johnch 1,429 films 1,209 40 edit about. He makes the town council know that he is really just passing through on his way to australia and he will pull up and leave anytime he chooses. Support your local sheriff 1969 is available on netflix since. Support your local sheriff is a 1969 western spoof from united artists, directed by burt kennedy and starring james garner. Rent support your local sheriff 1969 starring james garner and joan hackett on dvd and bluray. In sheriff, the humor poked at the western stereotypes is smarter and funnier. Support your local sheriff dvd region 2 for sale online. Hes engaged as the new sheriff, taking the job because he cant afford the boomtowns inflated prices. My fiancee doesnt know walter brennans western films i dont think, but she did recognize jack elam, and she was laughing throughout. Director burt kennedys western parody, support your local sheriff 1969, stars the delightful james garner as a sheriff who pops up out of nowhere to shape up a rowdy frontier town villainized by bruce dern, of course, aided and abetted by a scruffy local jack elam.
Both companies think hes a famous gunfighter and try to hire him to drive the other out of town. Support your local gunfighter 1971 by james garner ntsc, 1,2,3,4,5,6 all region dvd. A sharpshooting drifter stumbles upon the lawless gold rush town of calendar and winds up appointed. As gold prospectors flood in and out of town, the danby clan, anxious to take advantage of the situation dispatch three sheriffs and they control the town. The danby clan ties up the horses in front of the saloon, not the jail. Support your local sheriff insp tv tv shows and movies. Mel brooks lifted the tone of the frontier townspeople scenes, just giving them ribald dialogue. While it lacks the lunacy of the mel brooks classic and is perhaps a trifle less surehanded than cat ballou, sheriff is a delight on its own terms. James garner starred as the calm and cool new lawman just what his excitable and rambunctious western mining town needs in the 1969 comic western, support your local sheriff.
Support your local sheriff is a 1969 american comedy western film directed by burt kennedy and starring james garner, joan hackett, and walter brennan. Support your local sheriff, bluray, westerns, comedy video, 738329239619. Unlike its sequelinspirit and castcrew, support your local gunfighter, support your local sheriff. In this western parody, james garner plays a gambler who is persuaded to take. The film s 1971 followup, support your local gunfighter, reunites. Support your local gunfighter though the titles are similar, as is some of the cast, this isnt a sequel to support your local sheriff. A smallscale gold rush erupts in a colorado town after treasure is found in a grave. Garner plays the calm hypercompetent jason mccullough, who becomes the sheriff of a rowdy boomtown, mostly because he needs the money. Support your local sheriff although he said he was sick of westerns after his long run in the tv series maverick 19571960 and several big screen horse operas, or perhaps because of that sentiment, james garner was happy to produce this parody of the genre under the aegis of his cherokee production company. James garner was born james scott bumgarner in norman, oklahoma, to mildred scott meek and.
Support your local sheriff digitally mastered in hd on tcm shop. Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing support your local sheriff near you. Its essentially a lousy tv situation comedy dragged out to feature length for no good reason. Yet this strongminded perfectionist had an unquenchable individuality that came through in her performances, and she never hesitated to appear unglamorous whenever the role demanded. Support your local sheriff 1969 available on netflix.
Support your local sheriff is the beloved 1969 western comedy from writer william bowers and director burt kennedy the train robbers, the war wagon and features a. In support your local sheriff burt kennedy and william bowers remind us that it is possible to. Tnts series goes off the rails without the brilliant bong. The picture was distributed by united artists and produced by william bowers who also wrote the screenplay and bill finnegan. Rent support your local sheriff 1969 on dvd and bluray. A quickwitted drifter wanders into a lawless town in the midst of a gold rush.
Apr 04, 2011 support your local sheriff trailer,james garner. Support your local gunfightersupport your local sheriff. Meet the cast and learn more about the stars of support your local sheriff with. Garner doesnt use guns or violence to get control of the town. Support your local sheriff was the 20th most popular film at the u. Out troubleshooting sheriff always put his finger on it or in it.
Garner doesnt use guns or violence to get control of the town he. James garner joan hackett walter brennan 1969 a stranger james garner tames an old west boomtown and woos the mayors daughter joan hackett on his way to australia. A con artist arrives in a mining town controlled by two competing companies. In the old west, a man becomes a sheriff just for the pay, figuring he can decamp if things get tough.
In this western parody, james garner plays a gambler who is persuaded to take the job of sheriff of a crimeridden mining town. In some ways its the complete opposite of support your local sheriff. Support your local gunfighter support your local sheriff was a comic masterpiece and cried out, at least in terms on dollars and cents, for a sequel. Gold is discovered in the hills of calendar, colorado, and overnight the settlement grows from a mere outpost to a wealthy but wild and lawless mining town. Also sign me up for fanmail to get updates on all things movies. Released just three months before sam peckinpah shot the western in the face with the wild bunch, support your local sheriff lampoons the genres tropes and fallacies, creates a genuinely entertaining story that never. This entertaining spoof of western movie cliches features garner as a stranger. Along with cat ballou and blazing saddles, support your local sheriff ranks way up high on many peoples list of essential comic westerns and with good reason.
In 1978, she appeared in a pbs adaptation of mourning becomes electra as christine mannon. James garner joan hackett walter brennan 1969 a stranger james garner tames an old west boomtown and woos the mayors daughter joan hackett on his way to. Joan hackett was never one of your conventional leading ladies. So they made one, only it wasnt almost all of the cast from the sheriff appear in gunfighter but they all play completely different characters. In sheriff garner was good with a gun, in this one he isnt. The film takes place in the small western town of calender, a town that experiences a gold rush when gold is discovered in an open grave by prudy perkins joan hackett. The area quickly becomes a magnet for criminals and other neerdowells, but everyone is too intent on searching for gold to consider law and order. It actually parodies yojimbo and its remake a fistful of dollars, using the basic storyline of a stranger who wanders into. Support your local sheriff support your local gunfighter. Hackett also had notable parts in the classic western comedy support your local sheriff.
This is one of a pair it was followed by support your local gunfighter in 1971 of priceless comedy gems from director burt kennedy that spoofs the western genre with great affection. Support your local gunfighter letterboxd social film. Starring james garner in the leading role, this western comedy delighted audiences fifty years agoincluding an audience at the lbj ranch. Support your local sheriff is sheer entertainment from start to finish on his way to australia, frontier opportunist jason mccullough garner stumblesinto a small goldrush town and decides to earn a little extra pocket money by accepting a temporary assignment as their sheriff. Not a sequel to support your local sheriff, but basically a movie starring the same people, directed by the same person and having the same sense of humor. With james garner, joan hackett, walter brennan, harry morgan. It stars james garner as a laidback cowboy turned sheriff hired to clean up a troubled town. Support your local sheriff 1969 support your local.
Directors sometimes found her difficult to work with. In 1971 director burt kennedy reteamed with james garner, harry morgan, and jack elam to make another western comedy, support your local gunfighter, with different characters but a similar comedic tone. Support your local sheriff 1969 directed by burt kennedy. Support your local sheriff cast and crew cast photos and. Find low everyday prices and buy online for delivery or instore pickup. Support your local sheriff is the beloved 1969 western comedy from writer william bowers and director burt kennedy the train robbers, the war wagon and features a beloved television star in. It isnt as good as the prior film, but it still has james garner in the lead. An unwitting franchise of sorts, the support your local series acts as simultaneous sendup and loving tribute to the dying western. Pa sends his two sons into the saloon to buy drinks while he goes across the street to get joe. Support your local sheriff digitally mastered in hd on tcm.
A huge portion of the credit is due to james garners. Shocked by the prices of food and meals he reluctantly takes the job of sheriff by amazing the mayor with his lightning quick, dead eye pistol accuracy. The supporting cast features harry morgan, jack elam, bruce dern and chubby johnson. Support your local sheriff 1969 movie mistakes, goofs. Trailer directed by burt kennedy and starring james garner, walter brennan, harry morgan, jack elam, henry. He makes the town council know that he is really just passing through on his way to australia and he will pull up and leave anytime he chooses including at the. Nearly five decades later, much of what doesnt work so well about the film can be attributed to other films hitting it out of the park on a more frequent basis. With james garner, suzanne pleshette, jack elam, harry morgan. Amiable and handsome james garner had obtained success in both films and television, often playing variations of the charming antiheroconman persona he first developed in maverick, the offbeat western tv series that shot him to stardom in the late 1950s. This is one of a pair it was followed by support your local gunfighter in 1971 of priceless comedy gems from director burt kennedy that spoofs the.