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The Sheriff of Fractured Jaw

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1hr 43min
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1958
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Synopsis: Kenneth More portrays a British gunsmith who travels to the American West. After winning a rigged poker game, More is appointed sheriff of Fractured Jaw, a wide-open town where law officers are plugged and planted on a regular basis. He befriends hard-bitten saloon gal Jayne Mansfield, who doesn't give the gentlemanly More much chance of survival. Using his wits, and blessed with a generous amount of raw luck, Sheriff More escapes death at every turn, finally becoming the "blood brother" of a previous ... Full Synopsis
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Those in the mood for a lighthearted Western fish-out-of-water tale will find plenty to like in The Sheriff of Fractured Jaw, an amiable little film that plays a familiar tune but does so deftly and with a genial spirit. Owing a great deal to precursors such as Ruggles of Red Gap and much less raucous than such later spoofs as Cat Ballou or Blazing Saddles, Sheriff is the kind of movie that tends to ... Full Review
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Jonathan Tibbs
Uncle Lucius
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