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Kenneth More, Jayne Mansfield, Robert Morley, Ronald Squire, David Horne ... see more see more... , Henry Hull , Bruce Cabot , Eynon Evans , William Campbell , Donald Stewart , Sidney James , Reed de Rouen , Charles Irwin , Gordon Tanner , Tucker McGuire , Charles Farrell , Chief Jonas Applegarth , Nick Brady , Deputy Chief Buffalo , Clancy Cooper , Susan Denny , Connie Francis , Sheldon Lawrence , Jack Lester , Nick Stuart , Larry Taylor

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 plugge... read more read more...d 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 hostile Sioux tribe. With the help of his Native American friends, More brings law and order to Fractured Jaw. The film's main advantages are Kenneth More, who is superb as always, and Jayne Mansfield, giving one of her best and least mannered performances. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

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Unrated, 1 hr. 43 min.

Directed by: Raoul Walsh

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  • jjnxn
    October 20, 2008
    jjnxn
    One of Jayne's better efforts, cute comedy nothing earth shaking but a pleasant way to wile away a few hours.
  • garyX
    December 6, 2007
    garyX
    Kenneth More does his affable eccentric Englishman abroad as a gunsmith who inevitably becomes mistaken for a gunslinger during a range war. If film comedy were to be believed, there wasn't a real sheriff to be found in the whole of the west; Wyatt Earp probably really did pet sh... read moreampoos. It's purely by the numbers stuff, as More woos Jayne Mansfield while inadvertently foiling the stereotypical cowpokes in what is essentially a Carry On film without the innuendo (Sid James even puts in an appearance as the town drunk). The only real surprise is that Mansfield became such a star; her uninspired musical interludes were dubbed by Connie Francis and she sure as hell can't act. Bob Hope and Jane Russell did this routine a whole lot better 10 years earlier in The Paleface films.

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