WESTERNS: Support Your Local Sheriff! (1969)
“It’s bad enough to have to kill a man without having to listen to a whole lot of stupid talk from him first.”
We’ve been on a run of serious films, so it was time to mix in a Western comedy. At least, that’s what this movie is supposed to be, but this is a comedy without a whole lot of jokes. We have some diverging opinions on this one, mostly coming down to the script, because this should be a much better movie than it is. But you can bet we both agree that James Garner is one of the most charming cutie-pies ever. Make sure to order the bars for the jail while we watch Support Your Local Sheriff! on Have a Good Movie!
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Intro music taken from the Second Movement of Ludwig von Beethoven's 9th Symphony. Licensed under an Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Hong Kong (CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 HK) license. To hear the full performance or get more information, visit the song page at the Internet Archive.
Excerpts taken from the main theme to the film Support Your Local Sheriff!, written and composed by Jeff Alexander. Copyright 1969 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc. All Rights Reserved.
Excerpt taken from "Signature / Main Title (Instrumental)" from the film Blazing Saddles, written and composed by John Morris, Max Steiner and Mel Brooks. Copyright 1974 Warner Bros. All Rights Reserved.
