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The result was impressive as "word of mouth" increased attendance until crowds were around the theatre by the end of the engagement. [3] Support Your Local Sheriff was the 20th-most popular film at the U.S. box office in 1969. [5] Support Your Local Sheriff received mixed-to-positive critical reviews. It holds a 75% rating on Rotten Tomatoes ...
The film stars Cliff Robertson, Joel Grey, Dorothy Tristan, Elizabeth Wilson and George Voskovec and was released on February 27, 1974, by Paramount Pictures. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The film is loosely drawn from a true-life murder investigation and based on the non-fiction book The Girl on the Volkswagen Floor (1971) by journalist William Arthur Clark.
Grace (Moms Mabley) is a widow who influences the local mayoral election in Baltimore, Maryland after discovering that her somewhat slow-witted neighbor, Welton J. Waters (), is being used to run for mayor by shady politicians and the incumbent mayor to further his own self-serving reelection efforts.
Tommy is struck mute by shock and the killer begins stalking him. However, Tommy's older brother H.J. (Ahmad Nurradin) is the leader of a small local gang of Black youths called "Brothers United." The gang members make it their mission to protect Tommy while simultaneously working to bring Mr. Kool's unknown killer to justice.
Highest-grossing films of 1974 Rank Title Distributor Domestic gross 1 Blazing Saddles: Warner Bros. $119,500,000 2 The Towering Inferno: 20th Century Fox / Warner Bros.: $116,000,000
Sam Hummer is a local truck driver from Tucson, Arizona who works for a Tucson-based produce-shipper called "Red River". His driving partners are Duane Haller and "Pops" Dinwiddie. Eventually Sam's son, Carrol Jo (hereafter known as "CJ"), is old enough to ride with his father and the two of them then become partners as well.
Local Hero is a 1983 British comedy-drama [1] film written and directed by Bill Forsyth and produced by David Puttnam. It stars Peter Riegert , Burt Lancaster , Denis Lawson , Peter Capaldi , and Fulton Mackay .
Freebie and the Bean is a 1974 American buddy cop black comedy action film starring James Caan and Alan Arkin, and directed by Richard Rush.The film follows two police detectives who wreak havoc in San Francisco attempting to bring down an organized crime boss.