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Walking Tall
Ex-wrestler and Tennessee Sheriff Buford Pusser walks tall and carries a big stick as he tussles with county-wide corruption and moonshining thugs.
1973 · Directed by Phil Karlson · 125 min · Action · Crime · Drama · Thriller · Screenplay in the scene database · 10 frames
Tagline
The measure of a man is how tall he walks.
Crew
- Written by: Mort Briskin
- Cinematography: Jack A. Marta
- Edited by: Harry Gerstad
- Music: Walter Scharf
- Production design: Stan Jolley
- Produced by: Mort Briskin
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
Production
- Country: United States of America
- Language: English
- Studios: Bing Crosby Productions
- Budget: $500,000
- Box office: $40,000,000
- Themes: small town, martial arts, sheriff, corruption, gambling, gangster, wrestler, christmas tree, based on true story, tennessee
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