Support Your Local Sheriff!

Support Your Local Sheriff!

92 mins | Comedy, Western | March 26, 1969

A quick-witted drifter wanders into a lawless town in the midst of a gold rush. Shocked by the prices of food and meals he reluctantly takes the job of sheriff by amazing the Mayor with his lightning quick, dead eye pistol accuracy. He makes the town council know that he is really just passing through on his way to Australia and he will pull up and leave anytime he chooses (including at the first sign of real trouble). His first day on the job he takes on the biggest, meanest ranching family and meets his klutzy love interest.

Support Your Local Sheriff!

92 mins | Comedy, Western | March 26, 1969

Support Your Local Sheriff!
A quick-witted drifter wanders into a lawless town in the midst of a gold rush. Shocked by the prices of food and meals he reluctantly takes the job of sheriff by amazing the Mayor with his lightning quick, dead eye pistol accuracy. He makes the town council know that he is really just passing through on his way to Australia and he will pull up and leave anytime he chooses (including at the first sign of real trouble). His first day on the job he takes on the biggest, meanest ranching family and meets his klutzy love interest.
IMDb rating 7.4
Producers United Artists, Cherokee Productions, Three Pictures
Original title Support Your Local Sheriff!
Directors Marjorie Mullen, Ray DeCamp, David Hawks, Burt Kennedy
Writers William Bowers

Cast

James Garner

as Jason McCullough

Joan Hackett

as Prudy Perkins

Walter Brennan

as Pa Danby

Harry Morgan

as Olly Perkins

Jack Elam

as Jake

Henry Jones

as Henry Jackson

Bruce Dern

as Joe Danby

Willis Bouchey

as Thomas Devery

Gene Evans

as Tom Danby

Walter Burke

as Fred Johnson

Dick Peabody

as Luke Danby

Chubby Johnson

as Brady

Kathleen Freeman

as Mrs. Danvers

Dick Haynes

as Bartender

Roydon Clark

as Brawler at Emma's (uncredited)

Bill Catching

as Brawler at Emma's (uncredited)

Danny Borzage

as Accordionist at Funeral (uncredited)

Robert Anderson

as Man at Kate's Eatery (uncredited)

Gene Coogan

as Gunman in Saloon (uncredited)

John Daheim

as Brawler at Emma's (uncredited)

Duke Fishman

as Townsman (uncredited)

Richard Hoyt

as Gunfighter Hired by Danby (uncredited)

Marilyn Jones

as Bordello Girl at Madame Orr's House (uncredited)

Jack Lilley

as Danby Family Member (uncredited)