[a fool in paradise]

I have been looking for ages for the titles for two movies, and I only have a vague memory of the basic premise or plot:

One: a small town, where the sheriff (or mayor) and the whole town are so crooked that they bet on anything, and they end up betting the who treasury on the results of a fight that they go to more and more ridiculous ends to cheat and win....

Sounds like Mr. Smith Goes To Washington to me.

[Slings and Arrows]

Sounds like any Dem-controlled city.