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Lawman Without a Gun

Alabama's First Black Sheriff. America's Most Dangerous Job.
May 30, 1979 · 1h 30m
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Drama
TV Movie

PLOT

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.

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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 Johnson
James McEacheon
Harris McIntyre
Directed by Jerrold Freedman

DETAILS

Status
Released
Original language
EN
Budget
—
Revenue
—
Production
Roger Gimbel Productions, Abby Mann Productions, EMI Television
Country
US

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