Support Your Local Sheriff!

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Western comedy film film parody film

Support Your Local Sheriff! is a 1969 comedic Western film that parodies traditional frontier tropes, starring James Garner as a laid-back but sharp-witted sheriff who brings order to a lawless town.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Western comedy film ⓘ
film ⓘ
parody film ⓘ
basedOn original screenplay ⓘ
cinematographyBy Harry Stradling Sr. ⓘ
surface form: Harry Stradling Jr.
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
dialogueStyle witty ⓘ
director Burt Kennedy ⓘ
distributedBy United Artists ⓘ
editedBy George W. Brooks ⓘ
era New Hollywood ⓘ
surface form: New Hollywood period
filmFormat color ⓘ
genre Western ⓘ
comedy ⓘ
parody ⓘ
hasSequel Support Your Local Gunfighter ⓘ
hasTheme individual cleverness over brute force ⓘ
satire of Western heroism ⓘ
homeMedia released on Blu-ray ⓘ
released on DVD ⓘ
released on VHS ⓘ
leadActorCharacterRelationship James Garner plays Jason McCullough, the sheriff. ⓘ
mainCharacter Jason McCullough ⓘ
musicBy Jeff Alexander ⓘ
notableFor James Garner's deadpan comedic performance ⓘ
comic treatment of Western law-and-order themes ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
parodies traditional Western film tropes ⓘ
plotSummary A laid-back but sharp-witted drifter becomes sheriff of a lawless boomtown and uses his brains and bluff to bring order. ⓘ
portrayedBy James Garner ⓘ
producer William Bowers ⓘ
productionCompany Cherokee-Brigade Productions ⓘ
releaseDate 1969-03-26 ⓘ
releaseYear 1969 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes 92 ⓘ
screenwriter William Bowers ⓘ
settingLocation Territory of Colorado ⓘ
surface form: Colorado Territory
settingPeriod Old West ⓘ
surface form: American Old West
starring Bruce Dern ⓘ
Harry Morgan ⓘ
Jack Elam ⓘ
James Garner ⓘ
Joan Hackett ⓘ
Walter Brennan ⓘ
targetAudience general audiences ⓘ
violenceLevel mild ⓘ

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Harry Morgan → notableWork → Support Your Local Sheriff! ⓘ