Support Your Local Sheriff! (1969)

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  • SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL SHERIFF!


    DIRECTED BY BURT KENNEDY
    PRODUCED BY WILLLIAM BOWERS/ BILL FINNEGAN
    CHEROKEE PRODUCTIONS/THREE PICTURES
    UNITED ARTISTS



    Information from IMDb


    Plot Summary
    McCullough is "passing through on my way to Australia" when he takes a job in a gold rush town.
    After a startling display of marksmanship he immediately arrests the youngest son
    of the evil landowner (Danby). A battle of hired guns begins as McCullough
    continues to tame the town and defeat the gunslingers with a combination of skill and wit.
    Written by John Vogel


    Full Cast
    James Garner ... Jason McCullough
    Joan Hackett ... Prudy Perkins
    Walter Brennan ... Pa Danby
    Harry Morgan ... Olly Perkins
    Jack Elam ... Jake
    Henry Jones ... Henry Jackson
    Bruce Dern ... Joe Danby
    Willis Bouchey ... Thomas Devery
    Gene Evans ... Tom Danby
    Walter Burke ... Fred Johnson
    Dick Peabody ... Luke Danby
    Chubby Johnson ... Brady
    Kathleen Freeman ... Mrs. Danvers
    Dick Haynes ... Bartender
    Richard Alden ... (uncredited)
    Robert Anderson ... Man at Kate's Eatery (uncredited)
    Danny Borzage ... Accordionist at Funeral (uncredited)
    Bill Catching ... Brawler at Emma's (uncredited)
    Roydon Clark ... Brawler at Emma's (uncredited)
    Gene Coogan ... Gunman in Saloon (uncredited)
    John Daheim ... Brawler at Emma's (uncredited)
    Duke Fishman ... Townsman (uncredited)
    Richard Hoyt ... Gunfighter Hired by Danby (uncredited)
    Marilyn Jones ... Bordello Girl at Madame Orr's House (uncredited)
    Jack Lilley ... Danby Family Member (uncredited)
    John Milford ... Gunman McCullough throws rocks at (uncredited)
    Boyd 'Red' Morgan ... Street Brawler (uncredited)
    Tom Reese ... Gunfighter Shot in Jailhouse by McCullough (uncredited)
    Robert Robinson ... Townsman (uncredited)
    Gayle Rogers ... Bargirl (uncredited)
    Phil Schumacher ... Danby Family Member (uncredited)
    Paul Sorensen ... Man Installing Jail Cell Bars (uncredited)
    William Tannen ... Man in Saloon (uncredited)
    Jack Tornek ... Brawl Spectator (uncredited)


    Writing Credits
    William Bowers (written by)


    Original Music
    Jeff Alexander


    Cinematography
    Harry Stradling Jr.


    Trivia
    Though not a sequel or related to the original story line, this movie was followed
    by Support Your Local Gunfighter with most of the cast intact playing similar characters.


    The film's title is a parody of a bumper sticker popular around the time it was made,
    "Support Your Local Police" part of the "law-and-order" movement led
    by such politicians as Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan and George Wallace.


    Walter Brennan's part is a spoof of his part in My Darling Clementine,
    in which he is head of the Clanton clan.


    Goofs
    Anachronisms
    In the closing scene of the movie, just before credits, Jack Elam crosses from the middle
    of the street over to the hitch rack in front of the sheriff's office.
    There is a gap between the sheriff's office and the building to the left of it.
    Through the gap there is a fence in the background behind the building sets
    for the movie and just before Elam passes in front of the gap
    you can see the top of a bus passing by on the street behind the fence.


    Continuity
    During the final gun battle, the intact portions of the glass windows
    that the Prudy has broken change from shot to shot.


    During the fight at the beginning of the movie (in the mud),
    those fighting switch between being covered in mud and nearly mud-free.


    After his first encounter with the sheriff, Pa Danby goes into the bar
    and orders whiskey. In each subsequent shot the level in the glass changes.


    Jake (Jack Elams) back pack changes. He is seen with what appears to be a frying pan
    on the back of the pack with Jake carrying his shovel in his hand.
    He flips some dynamite into a stream, and in the next scene is seen wading
    into the stream to get the fish that popped to the surface.
    His pack back now has the shovel tied to the back and no frying pan.


    As they ride into town for the big showdown, We see the Danby clan from the rear.
    The angle changes to a front view and some of the riders have changed position.
    Specifically, the Danby sons are now on either side of Danby, who is still in his same position.


    Before the final shootout, about a dozen Danbys are shown riding into town and dismounting.
    There is a cut to two men walking towards the sheriff's office but when the camera cuts back
    all the horses have now disappeared.


    Revealing mistakes
    During the fight at Emma's, a man gets a plateful of food mashed into his face.
    The "metal" plate folds like a paper plate.


    Continuity
    As the final gunfight begins, thirteen men ride into town to rescue Joe Danby.
    During the fight two are shot down in the street.
    At the end, where Joe is strapped to the cannon, thirteen men are still standing,
    and you can see the bodies of the two men shot by Prudy in the background.


    Memorable Quotes


    Filming Location
    Iverson Ranch - 1 Iverson Lane, Chatsworth, Los Angeles, California, USA

    Best Wishes
    Keith
    London- England

    Edited once, last by ethanedwards ().

  • Support Your Local Sheriff! is a 1969 American comic western film
    which parodies the often-filmed scenario of an iconoclastic new arrival
    who tames a lawless frontier town.


    Starring James Garner, Joan Hackett, Walter Brennan, Harry Morgan and Jack Elam,
    the film was directed by Burt Kennedy and written by William Bowers.


    A few of Duke's 'Pals' in this one namely,
    Walter Brennan, Jack Elam, Bruce Dern
    Willis Bouchey, Kathleen Freeman, Danny Borzage,
    Boyd 'Red' Morgan


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    Best Wishes
    Keith
    London- England