Walking tall is a 1973 action drama directed by phil karlson and stars joe don baker as buford pusser, a former us marine and professional wrestler who returned to his hometown in tennessee only to find that it has been corrupted by gambling and prostitution. A runaway boxoffice hit to the tune of 17 million dollars, walking tall is the unabashedly manipulative story of reallife tennessee sheriff buford pusser. Final chapter, a 1977 sequel to walking tall part 2. Based on pussers life, it has become a cult film with two direct sequels of its own, a tv movie, a brief. Sheriff buford pusser investigates when two teenagers are hospitalized after smoking potent pcp cigarettes. Angered by the authorities nonaction, pusser decides to run for sheriff and upon his win, proceeds to clean the town up, usually with. Walking tall is a 1973 american action semibiopic film of sheriff buford pusser, a former professional wrestlerturnedlawman in mcnairy county, tennessee. Selmer, a small town in southwest tennessee, served as the authentic background for the biopic of the heroic southern sheriff. Walking tall 1973 phil karlson cast and crew allmovie. The original english language soundtrack has been mastered in dolby digital 5. Directed by phil karlson hell to eternity, kid galahad, the silencers, the wrecking crew and walking tall, the movie was an americanitalian coproduction filmed in. It seems that times are changing and the people of pussers. It isnt afraid to get really personal with the life of buford pusser and doesnt shy away from surprising moments. Walking tall by kevin bray kevin bray, the rock, johnny.
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Buford pusser was a tennessee sheriff and a one man army who walked tall and carried a big stick. Get to download walking tall 1973 full movie sirsm1. With joe don baker, elizabeth hartman, leif garrett, dawn lyn. As played by joe don baker, pusser can either be regarded as a tireless champion of justice or a baseballbatwielding hooligan.
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