Movie
Walking Tall
Overview
Ex-wrestler and Tennessee Sheriff Buford Pusser walks tall and carries a big stick as he tussles with county-wide corruption and moonshining thugs.
Details
- Release date
- 1973-02-22
- Runtime
- 125 min
- Genres
- Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Bing Crosby Productions
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Joe Don Baker as Buford Pusser
- Elizabeth Hartman as Pauline
- Gene Evans as Sheriff Al Thurman
- Noah Beery Jr. as Carl Pusser
- Brenda Benet as Luan Paxton
- John Brascia as Prentiss Parley
- Bruce Glover as Grady Coker
- Arch Johnson as Buel Jaggers
- Felton Perry as Obra Eaker
- Richard X. Slattery as Arno Purdy
- Rosemary Murphy as Callie Hacker
- Lynn Borden as Margie Ann
Crew
- Phil Karlson - Director
- Mort Briskin - Writer
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