IMDb plot summary: In the old west, a man becomes a Sheriff just for the pay, figuring he can decamp if things get tough. In the end, he uses ingenuity instead.
Directed by Burt Kennedy. Stars James Garner, Joan Hackett, and Walter Brennan.
Support Your Local Sheriff is a comedy western about a town that has suddenly had a huge boom in population and as such finds itself in desperate need of a sheriff. James Garner comes along and proves to be the only person who can stand up to the town's resident bullies, so he takes on the job. Westerns are usually not a genre that I am connected to, but this one was a pleasant surprise. There is a beautifully dry humor here among the dialogue that really brings out the characters in a fresh way, especially compared to a lot of other westerns. It's not like the story leaves you in doubt that Garner IS going to subdue the wild hordes by the end of the story, but the film does a good job of making you curious as to HOW he's going to do it and making that journey worth the watch. It has an enjoyable cast of side characters as well with their own unique personalities that, again, are a little out of the ordinary for the genre and bring something new to it. This film didn't change my life or anything, but I had a good time with it and I'm glad I got to see it.
How it entered my Flickchart:
Support Your Local Sheriff! (1969)
beat True Romance (#1997 → #2000)
beat Little Women (#997 → #998)
lost to Ex Machina (#499 → #497)
lost to Sanjuro (#748 → #746)
lost to Moana (#872 → #565)
beat The Impostors (#934 → #932)
beat Bolt (#903 → #901)
beat Stage Door (#887 → #943)
lost to The Land Before Time (#879 → #854)
beat Censor (#883 → #948)
beat Primer (#881 → #939)
beat Spellbound (#880 → #882)
📊 Ranked #857/4000 on my Flickchart
🎯 Flickscore™: 79
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