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Lawman Without a Gun

Lawman Without a Gun

Alabama's First Black Sheriff. America's Most Dangerous Job.

19791h 30mFilm

90

9.0(1)

During the 1960s' civil rights movement, a black civil rights worker returns to his small Southern town and runs for sheriff against the incumbent, a popular segregationist.

Top Cast

Louis Gossett Jr.

Louis Gossett Jr.

Tom Hayward

Clu Gulager

Clu Gulager

Marvin Tayman

Mary Alice

Mary Alice

Minnie Hayward

Barry Brown

Barry Brown

Fred Tayman

Barton Heyman

Barton Heyman

George Tayman

James McEachin

James McEachin

Harris McIntyre

Lonny Chapman

Lonny Chapman

Sheriff Harvey Johnson

James McEacheon

James McEacheon

Harris McIntyre

Helen Martin

Helen Martin

Mrs. Cartwright

John Crawford

John Crawford

Sgt. Hunt

John Ashton

John Ashton

1st State Trooper

Burton Gilliam

Burton Gilliam

Rev. Farrell

Clebert Ford

Albert Jackson

Nick Smith

Factory Worker

Philip Michael Thomas

Philip Michael Thomas

Rufus Cartwright

Katherine Pass

Katherine Pass

Loretta Tayman

Joe Morton

Joe Morton

Louis

Jerry DeWilde

Greenspan

Jerry Allison

Big Ed

Andrew Fradkin

Burton

Details

Director: Jerrold Freedman
Status: Released
Release: 1979-05-30
Runtime: 1h 30m
Budget: —
Revenue: —
Language: EN
Score: 90%

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