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1) Rango
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
Rango, a kooky pet chameleon, accidentally winds up in the gritty, gun-slinging town of Dirt, a lawless outpost populated by the desert's most wily and whimsical creatures. Welcomed as the last hope the town has been waiting for, new Sheriff Rango is forced to play his new role to the hilt, until he starts to become the hero he once only pretended to be.
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
Never give a saga an even break! Blazing Saddles is an iconoclastic, not-politically-correct parody; one of the 1970s most successful and popular films. Every clichéd element from every Western ever made is turned upside down and inside out, while retaining all the familiar caricatures--eh, characters--of the genre: a dance-hall girl, a gunslinger, a sheriff, and a town full of pure folk. Mel Brooks redefined film comedy and proved that even sophomoric,...
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
The notorious "Bandit" and his beautiful companion Carrie find themselves involved in a mission to transport a pregnant elephant cross-country in 24 hours or less! Hot on their heels is archenemy Sheriff Buford T. Justice, who vows to finally put the Bandit behind bars.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Larry is a small town sheriff who witnesses what he believes is a kidnapping and rushes to rescue the woman. The kidnappers turn out to be FBI agents assigned to protect her and deliver her to a big corporation corruption trial in Chicago. The agents, it turns out, are found to be on the take and are villains who are bent on killing her.
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
On his way to Australia, frontier opportunist Jason McCullough (James Garner) stumbles into a gold-rush town and decides to earn a little extra pocket money by accepting a temporary assignment as their sheriff. Happily applying himself, McCullough manages to turn the town derelict (Jack Elam) into his deputy, outsmart the dreaded Danby clan (led by Walter Brennan), and fend off the advances of the mayor's daughter (Joan Hackett)...all without breaking...
9) Mayberry man
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Chris Stone is an arrogant movie star with a bad attitude. When he's busted for speeding in a small southern town, the local judge sentences him to spend a week at a wholesome festival celebrating The Andy Griffith Show. Immersed in a modern-day Mayberry surrounded by overly friendly superfans dressed as characters from the classic TV show, he's given a chance to discover the true meaning of friendship and family.
Language
English
Formats
Description
The twelve chairs: The tale of a former aristocrat who is now a Russian clerk under the new Soviet regime. Blazing saddles: A railroad needs to be built, but the land necessary is already owned. Needing to drive out the town folk, you appoint a new sheriff you figure will last about 24 hours. Young Frankenstein: Summoned by a will to his late grandfathers castle in Transylvania, young Dr. Frankenstein soon discovers the scientists step-by-step manual...
Series
Pub. Date
[2020, p1939]
Language
English
Description
As the brawling, rough-and-tumble saloon singer Frenchy, Dietrich shed her exotic love-goddess image and launched a glorious career comeback, while Stewart cemented his amiable everyman persona with a charming turn as a gun-abhorring deputy sheriff who uses his wits to bring law and order to the frontier town of Bottleneck. A sparkling script, a supporting cast of virtuoso character actors, and rollicking musical numbers come together to create an...
12) Blazing saddles
Pub. Date
[1997]
Language
English
Description
A spoof of every cliché in the western film genre, telling the story of a black sheriff who is sent to clean up a frontier town, with unpredictable results.
15) Small town Santa
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
On the eve of Christmas, Sheriff Rick Langston has lost his holiday spirit. But when he arrests a home intruder claiming to be Santa Claus, his world gets turned upside-down! With the help of Lucy, the new girl in town, Santa helps show Rick that even when you feel that all is lost, love is all around you.
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
The sleepy desert town of Prosperity, Arizona, is being menaced by giant arachnids that have mutated through exposure to toxic waste. The local sheriff and her teenage daughter work to prevent a complete takeover by the bloodthirsty spiders, getting valuable help from Prosperity's prodigal son, who's just returned to his embattled hometown.
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
Meet teenagers Bo and Luke Duke, high-spirited troublemakers, new to Hazzard County, paroled to the care of their moonshine-making Uncle Jesse. Blowhard Boss Hogg is already fleecing the citizenry to line his pockets but crosses the line when he sets out to steal the Duke farm. As the feudin', fussin', and fast-trackin' fun revs up, cousin Daisy transforms from country girl to Hazzard hottie and a vehicular legend--the General Lee-- is born, along...
19) The Kid brother
Series
Criterion collection volume 964
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
None
Description
A sheriff's youngest son, who lives in the shadow of his two strong older brothers, gets a chance to prove himself when the funds raised by the residents of the town go missing.
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
Larry is a small town sheriff who witnesses what he believes is a kidnapping and rushes to rescue the woman. The kidnappers turn out to be FBI agents assigned to protect her and deliver her to a big corporation corruption trial in Chicago. The agents, it turns out, are found to be on the take and are villains who are bent on killing her.
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