| Support Your Local Sheriff! | |
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| 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 |
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Running time | 92 min. |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $750,000[1] |
| Box office | $5 million (US/ Canada rentals)[2] |
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]
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