Timothy Olyphant’s The Crazies Still Holds Up as a Modern Classic

Interestingly, in 2010 – the year Timothy Olyphant started playing Raylan Givens in FX’s excellent adaptation of Elmore Leonard’s work – he also returned to playing a lawman in a leading movie role. His powerful performance as Sheriff David Dutten in the remake of The Crazies remains one of the few times he’s been the central figure in a film. And he delivered brilliantly, helping to make the movie a standout modern horror classic – ruthless, efficient, and eerily ahead of its time.








