Support Your Local Sheriff!

Support Your Local Sheriff!
Support Your Local Sheriff!
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Burt Kennedy
Written by	William Bowers
Produced by	William Bowers; Bill Finnegan
Starring	James Garner; Joan Hackett; Walter Brennan; Harry Morgan; Jack Elam; Bruce Dern
Cinematography	Harry Stradling Jr.
Edited by	George W. Brooks
Music by	Jeff Alexander
Distributed by	United Artists
Release date	March 26, 1969;
Running time	92 min.
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$750,000
Box office	$5 million (US/ Canada rentals)

Support Your Local Sheriff!, also known as The Sheriff, is a 1969 American comedy Western film directed by Burt Kennedy and starring James Garner, Joan Hackett, and Walter Brennan. The supporting cast features Harry Morgan, Jack Elam, Bruce Dern, and Chubby Johnson. The picture was distributed by United Artists and produced by William Bowers (who also wrote the screenplay) and Bill Finnegan.

The film is a parody of a common Western trope: the selfless, rugged stranger who tames a lawless frontier town. Its title was derived from the popular 1960s campaign slogan "Support Your Local Police".^{[Note 1]}

^ "Garner and Winokur 2011", p. 189
^ "Big Rental Films of 1969", Variety, 7 January 1970 p 15
^ Garner and Winokur 2011, p. 189.

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[1] "Garner and Winokur 2011", p. 189

[2] "Big Rental Films of 1969", Variety, 7 January 1970 p 15

[p._189-3] Garner and Winokur 2011, p. 189.

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