Support Your Local Sheriff
by Burt Kennedy
List Price:
Our Price: $13.49
You Save: $1.49 (10%)
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
Buy Used: from $3.80 (click here)
Category: DVD
See more DVD releases
Buy this DVD movie at online store in your country
Canada
Canada
DVD Cover Information
Actor: Harry Morgan, Jack Elam, James Garner, Joan Hackett, Walter BrennanDirector: Burt Kennedy
Cinematographer: Harry Stradling Jr.
Editor: George W. Brooks
Producer: Bill Finnegan
Producer: William Bowers
Writer: William Bowers
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono; French (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono; Spanish (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); Spanish (Dubbed), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: Anamorphic Widescreen, 1.85:1
Running Time: 92 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2001-03-20
Audience Rating: G (General Audience)
Studio: United Artists
Movie Reviews of Support Your Local Sheriff
Movie Review: A Movie For Classic Films Buffs To Check Out
Summary: 4 Stars
This was a very entertaining movie, far better than the similar "Support Your Local Gunfighter," although the two seem to be companion pieces.
This film sure didn't start out with a bang, but once it picks up, it's excellent.There are tons of character actors from this late '60s era, all of whom are fun to watch, guys like Jack Elam and Harry Morgan and much more. James Garner is excellent as the cock-sure Maverick-type sheriff.
The bad guys, led by veterans Walter Brennan and Bruce Dern, provide, I think, the best humor in the film.
As the story goes on, classic film buffs will enjoy all the parodies of past westerns such as Rio Bravo and High Noon. Yup, this turned out to be a real jewel, especially for classic movie fans.
Summary of Support Your Local Sheriff
Armed with a wry sense of humor and a straight-shooting sidearm, James Garner (Maverick, My Fellow Americans) fights for peace, justice and fun in this outrageous, irreverent and "very funny" (Los Angeles Times) farce co-starring Joan Hackett, Walter Brennan, Harry Morgan and Jack Elam. Support Your Local Sheriff is "sheer entertainment from start to finish" (Boxoffice)! On his way to Australia, frontier opportunist Jason McCullough (Garner) stumbles into a small gold-rush town and decides to earn a little extra pocket money by accepting a temporary assignment as its sheriff. Happily applying himself to his new position, McCullough manages to turn the town derelict (Elam) into his deputy, outsmart the dreaded Danby clan (led by Brennan in a hilarious comic performance), and fend off the lusty advances of the mayor's daughter (Hackett) all without breaking a sweat or dirtying his shiny black boots!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
Comedy DVD Video
DVD Video
- Action & Adventure
- African American Cinema
- Animation
- Anime & Manga
- Art House & International
- Classics
- Comedy
- Cult Movies
- Documentary
- Drama
- Educational
- Fitness & Yoga
- Gay & Lesbian
- Horror
- Kids & Family
- Military & War
- Music Video & Concerts
- Musicals & Performing Arts
- Mystery & Suspense
- Science Fiction & Fantasy
- Special Interests
- Sports
- Television
- Westerns
Movies most talked about in 40 Really Great Classics, Part 2
The Ten Commandments (50th Anniversary Collection)Paramount; Release date: 2006-03-21; DVD
Best price: $14.75
Price in other shops:
GaslightWarner Brothers; Release date: 2004-02-03; DVD
Best price: $9.62
Price in other shops:
Captain Horatio HornblowerWarner Brothers; Release date: 2007-03-06; DVD
Best price: $11.46
Price in other shops:
King Solomon's MinesWarner Brothers; Release date: 2005-01-11; DVD
Best price: $11.53
Price in other shops:
The Naked JungleParamount; Release date: 2004-11-09; DVD
Best price: $4.70
Price in other shops:
IvanhoeWarner Brothers; Release date: 2005-01-11; DVD
Best price: $11.66
Price in other shops:
Wait Until DarkWarner Brothers; Release date: 2003-08-05; DVD
Best price: $9.47
Price in other shops:
CharadeGRANT/HEPBURN; Release date: 2001-07-31; DVD
Best price: $5.76
Price in other shops:
I Was a Male War BrideRelease date: 2004-01-06; DVD
Best price: $8.08
Price in other shops:
Arsenic and Old LaceWarner Brothers; Release date: 2000-08-29; DVD
Best price: $11.74
Price in other shops:
Similar DVD Movies
The StingUniversal; Release date: 1998-03-31; DVD
Best price: $3.80
Price in other shops:
The Apple Dumpling Gang (Special Edition)Release date: 2003-09-02; DVD
Best price: $4.73
Price in other shops:
The Magnificent Seven (Special Edition)TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX HOME ENT; Release date: 2001-05-08; DVD
Best price: $4.98
Price in other shops:
The Great RaceWarner Brothers; Release date: 2002-06-04; DVD
Best price: $7.99
Price in other shops:
The Hallelujah TrailRelease date: 2001-03-20; DVD
Best price: $2.93
Price in other shops:
Father GooseRelease date: 2001-09-18; DVD
Best price: $7.47
Price in other shops:
Cat BallouSony; Release date: 2000-08-08; DVD
Best price: $5.93
Price in other shops:
Operation PetticoatLions Gate; Release date: 2001-09-18; DVD
Best price: $7.55
Price in other shops:
MaverickWarner Brothers; Release date: 2004-06-01; DVD
Best price: $3.19
Price in other shops:
Support Your Local GunfighterRelease date: 2001-03-20; DVD
Best price: $6.39
Price in other shops: