My 150 Favorite Movies - #102

Support Your Local Sheriff! (1969)

The criminally underrated James Garner stars opposite Joan Hackett in this charming comedic western about a fellow who proclaims to be "passing through" town on his way to Australia, gets caught up in the local shenanigans, and ends up becoming Sheriff, more or less by default. A pantheon of great character actors round out the cast, including Bruce Dern(!), Walter Brennan, Jack Elam, Henry Jones, and Harry Morgan.