Written by James M. Tate / 3/30/2019 / No comments / action , bruce dern , comedy , harry morgan , jack elam , james garner , joan hackett , sixties , western
JAMES GARNER IN 'SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL SHERIFF' W/ BRUCE DERN
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James Garner, Bruce Dern and Jack Elam YEAR: 1969 |
Not Bruce Dern, who'd slay John Wayne in THE COWBOYS and would often play crazies, and is basically what Claude Akins was to RIO BRAVO. His scruffy clan consisting of two brothers and a headstrong father who need to break him free, at any cost. And yet, like that montage in SADDLES... though this is comedy, not spoof... whatever they throw at the Sheriff to stop him is quickly, easily, without a single hitch or problem, taken care of... Kind of like the cartoon of Popeye sleepwalking on a construction site girder, his feet accidentally yet successfully guiding him through one stage to anther till he's safe on the other side...
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Ingenue Joan Hackett |
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James Garner and Bruce Dern SCORE: **** |
Playing out like a live-action Disney flick sans Dean Jones or Jim Dale, SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL SHERIFF is about as perfect a fun movie gets. The Sheriff's only real problem is the cowardly small town, thinking he's too good for his job and forcing them to kick into defensive action. And Joan Hackett as the girl who has his number, and is perhaps even braver... and definitely more violent... than he is. "Haven't you ever heard of just wounding somebody," Garner's Sheriff says to Hackett during the climax/finale. And she responds, smoking shotgun in hand. "I only know one way to shoot... And that's to kill!" So if anything is an obstacle for the perfect dude, it's the perfect girl, who's not so perfect.
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