Lawman Without a Gun
Alabama's First Black Sheriff. America's Most Dangerous Job.
9.0
1 votes
1979
1h 30m
Drama
TV Movie
Overview
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.
Directed by Jerrold Freedman
Top cast
Louis Gossett Jr.
Tom Hayward
Clu Gulager
Marvin Tayman
Mary Alice
Minnie Hayward
Barry Brown
Fred Tayman
Barton Heyman
George Tayman
James McEachin
Harris McIntyre
Lonny Chapman
Sheriff Harvey JohnsonJ
James McEacheon
Harris McIntyre
Helen Martin
Mrs. Cartwright
John Crawford
Sgt. Hunt
John Ashton
1st State Trooper
Burton Gilliam
Rev. FarrellC
Clebert Ford
Albert JacksonN
Nick Smith
Factory Worker
Philip Michael Thomas
Rufus Cartwright
Katherine Pass
Loretta Tayman
Joe Morton
LouisJ
Jerry DeWilde
GreenspanJ
Jerry Allison
Big EdA
Andrew Fradkin
BurtonDetails
Status
Released
Release date
May 30, 1979
Budget
—
Revenue
—
Language
English
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