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Unfortunately, a man who walks tall makes an awfully good target.
It's the final chapter in this chilling, real-life story of Sheriff Buford Pusser, a good-hearted lawman set on keeping his town safe. Still distraught over his wife's death, he blows up every moonshine still in McNairy county and burns the brothels and whiskey joints to the ground. Having gone too far, he's voted out of office, but that doesn't stop the mob from seeking their revenge. Buford soon discovers how small his town is when he runs out of highway with the mob on his trail.Read moreLess
It's the final chapter in this chilling, real-life story of Sheriff Buford Pusser, a good-hearted lawman set on keeping his town safe. Still distraught over his wife's death, he blows up every moonshine still in McNairy county and burns the brothels and whiskey joints to the ground. Having gone too far, he's voted out of office, but that doesn't stop the mob from seeking their revenge. Buford soon discovers how small his town is when he runs out of highway with the mob on his trail.
The story
It's the final chapter in this chilling, real-life story of Sheriff Buford Pusser, a good-hearted lawman set on keeping his town safe. Still distraught over his wife's death, he blows up every moonshine still in McNairy county and burns the brothels and whiskey joints to the ground. Having gone too far, he's voted out of office, but that doesn't stop the mob from seeking their revenge. Buford soon discovers how small his town is when he runs out of highway with the mob on his trail.
Cast & crew
Bo SvensonBuford Pusser
Margaret BlyeLuan
Forrest TuckerCarl
Morgan WoodwardThe Boss
Leif GarrettMike
Bruce GloverGrady Coker
Taylor LacherMartin French
Dawn LynDwana
Sandy McPeakLloyd Tatum
Robert PhillipsJohnny
Logan RamseyJohn WitterExplore the crew
- Director
- Jack Starrett
- Screenplay
- Howard B. Kreitsek
- Producer
- Charles A. Pratt
- Original Music Composer
- Walter Scharf
- Editor
- Houseley Stevenson Jr.
- Screenplay
- Samuel A. Peeples
- Director of Photography
- Robert B. Hauser