The Sheriff of Fractured Jaw (1958)

User Rating:

5.7/10   

Director:

Raoul Walsh

Writers (WGA):

Howard Dimsdale (screenplay) (originally as Arthur Dales)
Jacob Hay (short story)

Release Date:

13 March 1959 (West Germany)

Genre:

Comedy | Western

Plot:

A proper English gentleman, traveling in the American West, inadvertently stops an Indian attack on the stagecoach in which he is a passenger...

Plot Keywords:

Stagecoach | Beautiful Woman | Native American | Undertaker | Gunsmith

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Kenneth More	...	Jonathan Tibbs
Jayne Mansfield	...	Kate
Henry Hull	...	Major Masters
Bruce Cabot	...	Jack
Ronald Squire	...	Toynbee - Uncle Lucius' Solicitor
William Campbell	...	Keeno
Sid James	...	The Drunk (as Sidney James)
Reed De Rouen	...	Clayborne
Charles Irwin	...	Luke
Donald Stewart	...	The Drummer
Clancy Cooper	...	A Barber
Gordon Tanner	...	Bud Wilkins
Robert Morley	...	Uncle Lucius
David Horne	...	James - Uncle Lucius' Butler
Eynon Evans	...	Manager - Jonathan Tibbs & Co.

Runtime:

USA:103 min

Country:

UK | USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (Westrex Recording System) | 4-Track Stereo

Certification:

UK:U | West Germany:12 (nf) | South Korea:12 (2007) | Finland:S

Filming Locations:

England, UK

Company:

Angel Productions

Trivia:

Average Shot Length = ~7.7 seconds. Median Shot Length = ~6.8 seconds.

Soundtrack:

If the San Francisco Hills Could Only Talk

The English are taking over the west

Kenneth More, the British Comedian stars in his first Hollywood movie with Jayne Maynesfield, the blonde bombshell in this spoof of westerns where a man who would rather drink tea than pick a gun tames the west. The film is well-directed by the veteran Michael Curtiz, is mildly amusing to extremely funny in parts. Jayne sings some songs, especially a catchy one with echoes. What else to say, good fluff.