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Lawman Without a Gun

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

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1h 30m

1979

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

Synopsis

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.

Director

Jerrold Freedman

DramaTV Movie

sheriffcivil rights

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Cast & Crew

Louis Gossett Jr.

Louis Gossett Jr.

as Tom Hayward

Clu Gulager

Clu Gulager

as Marvin Tayman

Mary Alice

Mary Alice

as Minnie Hayward

Barry Brown

Barry Brown

as Fred Tayman

Barton Heyman

Barton Heyman

as George Tayman

James McEachin

James McEachin

as Harris McIntyre

Lonny Chapman

Lonny Chapman

as Sheriff Harvey Johnson

James McEacheon

as Harris McIntyre

Helen Martin

Helen Martin

as Mrs. Cartwright

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