{"id":39851,"date":"2025-09-01T11:36:44","date_gmt":"2025-09-01T15:36:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=39851"},"modified":"2025-11-19T13:35:13","modified_gmt":"2025-11-19T18:35:13","slug":"39851","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=39851","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Support Your Local Sheriff!&#8221; (1969) starring James Garner, Joan Hackett and Walter Brennan \/ Z-View"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/stallonezone.com\/zone\/2025\/z090125zview_supportyls.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"772\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong><i>Support Your Local Sheriff! <\/i>(1969)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Director: \u00a0<strong>Burt Kennedy<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Screenplay: <strong>William Bowers<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Stars: <strong>James Garner, Joan Hackett, Walter Brennan, Harry Morgan, Jack Elam, Henry Jones, Willis Bouchey, Gene Evans, Walter Burke, Kathleen Freeman, Dick Haynes <\/strong>and <strong>Bruce Dern<\/strong><strong>.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Tagline:<em> Our trouble-shooting sheriff always put his finger on it (or in it). No wonder they call him The Fastest Finger in the West.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>The Plot&#8230;<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">When gold is discovered in the small settlement of Calendar, it becomes a lawless boom town overnight.\u00a0 Every sheriff the city council hires is either killed or leaves in a hurry. The townsfolk find themselves at the mercy of the Danby family who own the property surrounding Calendar.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">When Joe Danby kills a man over a card game, only Jason McCullough is willing to testify that it was murder.\u00a0 McCullough is just passing through, but in need of money.\u00a0 So when he&#8217;s offered the sheriff&#8217;s job, he accepts.<\/p>\n<p>McCullough is as quick with his wits as he is with a gun.\u00a0 He&#8217;ll need to use both since he&#8217;s sheriff of a town full of drunken miners, a jail with no bars, a cold blooded murder for a prisoner and the Danby family out for revenge.\u00a0 McCullough&#8217;s biggest problem may be the mayor&#8217;s daughter Purdy.<\/p>\n<p>Giddy up!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Thoughts (beware of spoilers)\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">I saw <em>Support Your Local Sheriff<\/em> when it was first released.\u00a0 I was ten.\u00a0 Seeing it again brings back great memories.\u00a0 <em>Support Your Local Sheriff\u00a0<\/em>has the right mix of action and humor.\u00a0 James Garner was perfect as the gunslinger who&#8217;d rather use his wits than his gun.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: inherit; color: initial;\"><b><i><strong>Support Your Local Sheriff! (1969)<\/strong> <\/i><\/b>rates 5 of 5 stars<\/span><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/stallonezone.com\/zone\/logo\/zview_a.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"100\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/stallonezone.com\/zone\/2025\/z090125zview_supportyls2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"286\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Support Your Local Sheriff! 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