{"id":5629,"date":"2008-06-04T08:29:24","date_gmt":"2008-06-04T15:29:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=5629"},"modified":"2024-05-20T22:30:00","modified_gmt":"2024-05-21T05:30:00","slug":"support-your-local-sheriff-1969","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=5629","title":{"rendered":"Support Your Local Sheriff (1969)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;When you set out to clean up a mess, you don&#8217;t just sit around and wait for that mess to get bigger and bigger!&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/Support-Your-Local-Sheriff-Poster.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/Support-Your-Local-Sheriff-Poster-196x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"196\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-23197\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/Support-Your-Local-Sheriff-Poster-196x300.jpg 196w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/Support-Your-Local-Sheriff-Poster-83x128.jpg 83w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/Support-Your-Local-Sheriff-Poster.jpg 495w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 196px) 100vw, 196px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nThe fast-shooting new sheriff (James Garner) of a booming western town faces the wrath of local patriarch Pa Danby (Walter Brennan) when he jails one of Danby&#8217;s errant sons (Bruce Dern).\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Bruce Dern Films<\/li>\n<li>Comedy<\/li>\n<li>James Garner Films<\/li>\n<li>Joan Hackett Films<\/li>\n<li>Sheriffs<\/li>\n<li>Walter Brennan Films<\/li>\n<li>Westerns<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nThis light-hearted western spoof received less-than-stellar reviews upon its release, but remains an innocuous favorite of many, thanks in large part to James Garner&#8217;s winning performance in the title role. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/Support-Your-Local-Sheriff-Garner4.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/Support-Your-Local-Sheriff-Garner4-1024x553.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"346\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-57728\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/Support-Your-Local-Sheriff-Garner4-1024x553.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/Support-Your-Local-Sheriff-Garner4-300x162.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/Support-Your-Local-Sheriff-Garner4-128x69.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/Support-Your-Local-Sheriff-Garner4-768x415.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/Support-Your-Local-Sheriff-Garner4-1536x829.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/Support-Your-Local-Sheriff-Garner4-500x270.png 500w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/Support-Your-Local-Sheriff-Garner4.png 1839w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>As a humble marksman &#8212; likely the fastest gun in the west &#8212; who is perpetually &#8220;on his way to Australia&#8221; (which he considers to be the &#8220;real frontier&#8221;), Garner is coolly unfazed by the chaos and violence surrounding him, including the town&#8217;s infamous baddy, Joe Danby (nicely played by the reliably psychotic Dern). In one of the film&#8217;s most humorous subplots, Garner manages not only to keep Danby in an unfinished prison by using simple psychological intimidation, but to get him to install the bars himself! <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/Support-Your-Local-Sheriff-Jail.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/Support-Your-Local-Sheriff-Jail-1024x547.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"342\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-57726\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/Support-Your-Local-Sheriff-Jail-1024x547.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/Support-Your-Local-Sheriff-Jail-300x160.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/Support-Your-Local-Sheriff-Jail-128x68.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/Support-Your-Local-Sheriff-Jail-768x410.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/Support-Your-Local-Sheriff-Jail-1536x820.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/Support-Your-Local-Sheriff-Jail-506x270.png 506w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/Support-Your-Local-Sheriff-Jail.png 1845w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Some aspects of William Bowers&#8217; screenplay are less successful than others: I&#8217;m unimpressed, for instance, by Joan Hackett&#8217;s character &#8212; the hot-headed daughter of Mayor Olly Perkins (Harry Morgan) &#8212; and her ongoing would-be romantic encounters with Garner; she comes across as needlessly shrill. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/Support-Your-Local-Sheriff-Hackett.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/Support-Your-Local-Sheriff-Hackett-1024x552.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"345\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-57727\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/Support-Your-Local-Sheriff-Hackett-1024x552.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/Support-Your-Local-Sheriff-Hackett-300x162.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/Support-Your-Local-Sheriff-Hackett-128x69.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/Support-Your-Local-Sheriff-Hackett-768x414.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/Support-Your-Local-Sheriff-Hackett-1536x828.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/Support-Your-Local-Sheriff-Hackett-501x270.png 501w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/Support-Your-Local-Sheriff-Hackett.png 1831w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Yet there are enough genuinely corny laughs and fine performances to carry <em>Support Your Local Sheriff<\/em> through till its inevitable final shoot-out, and to recommend it for at least one-time viewing. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>James Garner as Sheriff McCullough<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/Support-Your-Local-Sheriff-Garner2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/Support-Your-Local-Sheriff-Garner2-1024x543.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"339\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-57722\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/Support-Your-Local-Sheriff-Garner2-1024x543.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/Support-Your-Local-Sheriff-Garner2-300x159.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/Support-Your-Local-Sheriff-Garner2-128x68.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/Support-Your-Local-Sheriff-Garner2-768x407.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/Support-Your-Local-Sheriff-Garner2-1536x814.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/Support-Your-Local-Sheriff-Garner2-509x270.png 509w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/Support-Your-Local-Sheriff-Garner2.png 1839w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Jack Elam as McCullough&#8217;s deputy<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/Support-Your-Local-Sheriff-Elam.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/Support-Your-Local-Sheriff-Elam-1024x553.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"346\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-57723\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/Support-Your-Local-Sheriff-Elam-1024x553.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/Support-Your-Local-Sheriff-Elam-300x162.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/Support-Your-Local-Sheriff-Elam-128x69.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/Support-Your-Local-Sheriff-Elam-768x414.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/Support-Your-Local-Sheriff-Elam-1536x829.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/Support-Your-Local-Sheriff-Elam-500x270.png 500w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/Support-Your-Local-Sheriff-Elam.png 1833w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Bruce Dern as Joe Danby<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/Support-Your-Local-Sheriff-Dern.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/Support-Your-Local-Sheriff-Dern-1024x546.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"341\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-57724\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/Support-Your-Local-Sheriff-Dern-1024x546.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/Support-Your-Local-Sheriff-Dern-300x160.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/Support-Your-Local-Sheriff-Dern-128x68.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/Support-Your-Local-Sheriff-Dern-768x409.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/Support-Your-Local-Sheriff-Dern-1536x818.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/Support-Your-Local-Sheriff-Dern-507x270.png 507w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/Support-Your-Local-Sheriff-Dern.png 1841w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>William Bowers&#8217; often humorous screenplay<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nNo, but it&#8217;s recommended. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0065051\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rogerebert.com\/reviews\/support-your-local-sheriff-1969\">Roger Ebert&#8217;s Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.timeout.com\/movies\/support-your-local-sheriff\">Time Out Capsule Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;When you set out to clean up a mess, you don&#8217;t just sit around and wait for that mess to get bigger and bigger!&#8221; Synopsis: The fast-shooting new sheriff (James Garner) of a booming western town faces the wrath of local patriarch Pa Danby (Walter Brennan) when he jails one of Danby&#8217;s errant sons (Bruce Dern). Genres: Bruce Dern Films Comedy James Garner Films Joan Hackett Films Sheriffs Walter Brennan Films Westerns Review: This light-hearted western spoof received less-than-stellar reviews&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=5629\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5629","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5629","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5629"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5629\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":96874,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5629\/revisions\/96874"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5629"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5629"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5629"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}