Steineded How sad is this?

Robert Joyner The plot isn't so bad, but the pace of storytelling is too slow which makes people bored. Certain moments are so obvious and unnecessary for the main plot. I would've fast-forwarded those moments if it was an online streaming. The ending looks like implying a sequel, not sure if this movie will get one

Fatma Suarez The movie's neither hopeful in contrived ways, nor hopeless in different contrived ways. Somehow it manages to be wonderful

Scarlet The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.

sol- In dire need of a steady income to finance his gold prospecting ambitions, a drifter takes on the dangerous occupation of sheriff in a crime-ridden town simply for the pay, but gradually finds himself won over by the challenges of the job in this western comedy starring James Garner. The film has some truly zany comedic elements, such as a jail cell with no iron bars where Garner keeps a prisoner at bay through psychological intimidation alone. There is also much to like in the film's tale of a reluctant hero overcoming initially shady motives to prove his actual worth. The humour is extremely hit and miss though with lots of loud, slapstick comedy in the mix as brawling, pratfalls in dirty mud and characters whacking each other on the head are played for laughs. Joan Hackett is also introduced a little too obviously as a romantic interest for any sparks between the pair to fly. That said, she has some great moments as she finds herself stuck in places as bizarre as a tree to avoid embarrassing encounters with Garner. The best thing that the film has going for it is Garner's charisma though with memorable bits such as sticking his finger down the barrel of a gun pointed at his face and bravely standing up to the much-feared, ruthless son of a local landowner (Bruce Dern in a wonderfully unbalanced turn) after he kills a man in a cold blood. The film's title was apparently inspired by a series of bumper stickers popular at the time, and it speaks volumes that the words "Support Your Local" are synonymous with this film rather than those stickers nowadays.

SnoopyStyle The town of Calendar, Colorado becomes a gold boom town overnight when the town folks discover gold in a fresh grave during a funeral. It's the lawless wild west. The town is held hostage to the Danbys since they have to transport the gold through their territories. The town council including Olly Perkins (Harry Morgan) is desperate to find a new sheriff. Jason McCullough (James Garner) is new in town and gets into a argument with Joe Danby (Bruce Dern). Jason decides to take the job of sheriff which comes with room and board at the Perkins. His first job is to arrest Joe Danby and he recruits Jake (Jack Elam) as his deputy. Olly's daughter Prudy Perkins (Joan Hackett) is a hothead, accident-prone klutz.It's a fun slapstick western. James Garner is quite a sly leading man. He makes this work. Basically he's the only one in on the jokes. He's great at that character. The jail cell idea is hilarious. Jack Elam has the best look ever. For me, he will always be the crazy doctor in 'The Cannonball Run'. The weak point is probably Joan Hackett. She's fine in comedic acting but the chemistry isn't really there.

Dalbert Pringle In this two-fisted, double-barreled Western spoof from 1969, I'd confidently say that the big, burly James Garner was perfectly cast as the cool-headed, no-nonsense cowboy-turned-sheriff.Set in the good-old-days of the wild, wild West, Garner (with his own special brand of dry wit) played Jason McCullough, a sharp-shooting gambler/cowboy who, one day, drifts into the lawless, gold-rush town of Calendar, and before he knows it, he's been unanimously elected as their "new" town sheriff.Reluctant, at first, to take on this seemingly thankless job where all odds for success seem to be stacked against him, McCullough, surprisingly enough, keeps a cool head and actually manages to clean up dusty, dirty, old Calendar in record time...... Well, he almost cleans it up that fast.As it turns out, McCullough's still got to deal with the ruthless, cut-throat, shoot-em-up Danby Clan, headed by that big, ornery cuss who everyone calls "Pa".All-in-all - Support Your Local Sheriff was an enjoyable parody of a genre that's always ripe for a good-natured ribbing, now and again.

ma-cortes Spoof Western with magnificent starring duo as James Garner as a likable sheriff and Joan Hackett as fem-lib mayor's daughter , both of whom giving great lots of fun . In the old west, a man becomes a sheriff just for the pay, figuring he can decamp if things get tough. The film talks about a gambler just passing through who gets roped into being sheriff (James Garner) who finds his nemesis an old baron land (Walter Brennan) . One trouble-shooting sheriff always puts his finger on it or in it , no wonder they call him : The fastest finger in the west . The sheriff cleans a lawless town in his own highly individual way and is helped by an inept deputy (Jack Elam) . In the end, he uses ingenuity instead and gets to tame a lawless mining town against all odds . This wacky spoof is packed with mayhem , lots of silly laughters and great entertainment and fun . Most of the laughs and sight gags galore work acceptably well ; humor is also bold and intelligent with a myriad of imaginative sketches . Demystified Western was one of a group of much-imitated which changed the concept of this particular genre each bent on disproving a popular myth , yet tinged with humor , spoof and combining with anti-heroes , and the inevitable decadence protagonists . The formula deals to enhance the comics observations of the western originated on the decade 60 with the following filmmakers : Andrew McLagen and Burt Kennedy , fine director of this movie, and a bit later on , Mel Brooks directed the indispensable ¨Blazing saddles¨ , a surrealist , extreme and gross-out spoof with the ordinary bunch of loonies and loopies . Burt Kennedy directed similar Western blending comedy such as : ¨Support your local gunfighter (one of his better spoof Western)¨ , ¨Support your local sheriff¨ (his highpoint) , ¨Dirty Dingus Mcgee¨ , ¨War Wagon¨ and ¨ The Good guys and bad guys¨ . The picture is wonderfully amused and enjoyable with James Garner as a tough but sympathetic sheriff with his Maverick image who uses brains as well as brawny and guns . William Bowers's screenplay besides having more than its fair scraps of funny lines ,throws up rich personages . Thus , Walter Brennan makes a robustly likable characterization as well as Bruce Dern as a snide gunman and Harry Morgan as the Mayor . Special mention to Jack Elam as the old brawler clearly relishing his comic relief . Colorful cinematography rightly shot by excellent cameraman Harry Stradling , Burt Kennedy's usual . Jolly and agreeable musical score by Jeff Alexander .This very funny motion picture was well directed by Burt Kennedy . He initially was screenwriter , his initial effort, ¨Seven men from now¨ (1956), was a superb western, the first of the esteemed collaboration between director Budd Boetticher and star Randolph Scott. Kennedy wrote most of that series, as well as a number of others for Batjac, although it would be nearly 20 years before Wayne actually appeared in the film of a Kennedy script. In 1960 Kennedy got his first work as a filmmaker on a western, ¨The Canadians¨ (1961), but it was a critical failure . He turned to television where he wrote and directed episodes of "Lawman" (1958), "The Virginian " (1962) and most notably ¨Combat!"(1962). He returned to films in 1965 with the successful Te Canadians (1965), later producing and directing the pilot for the TV series of the same name. ¨Support you local sheriff¨ results to be one of his best Western . The film will appeal to absurd, unruly , wacky Western comedy fans . This raucous Western spoof is a James Garner vehicle , if you like his particular performance ,you'll enjoy this one .