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About
Ex-wrestler and Tennessee Sheriff Buford Pusser walks tall and carries a big stick as he tussles with county-wide corruption and moonshining thugs.
Theatrical
Feb 22, 1973
Box Office
$40.0M
Budget
$500K
Return
80.0x
DVD / Blu-ray
Jul 21, 1998
Theaters
1
Director
Producers
Music
Studio
Bing Crosby Productions
Walking Tall Collection
Walking Tall is a 1973 American action semi-biopic film of Sheriff Buford Pusser, a former professional wrestler-turned-lawman in McNairy County, Tennessee. It starred Joe Don Baker as Pusser. The fil...
Cast
Full credits →J
Joe Don Baker
Buford Pusser
E
Elizabeth Hartman
Pauline
G
Gene Evans
Sheriff Al Thurman
N
Noah Beery Jr.
Carl Pusser
B
Brenda Benet
Luan Paxton
J
John Brascia
Prentiss Parley
B
Bruce Glover
Grady Coker
A
Arch Johnson
Buel Jaggers
F
Felton Perry
Obra Eaker
R
Richard X. Slattery
Arno Purdy
R
Rosemary Murphy
Callie Hacker
L
Lynn Borden
Margie Ann
E
Ed Call
Lutie McVeigh
S
Sidney Clute
Sheldon Levine
D
Douglas Fowley
Judge Clarke
D
Don Keefer
Dr. Lamar Stivers
S
Sam Laws
Willie Rae Lockman
P
Pepper Martin
Zolan Dicks
J
John Myhers
Lester Dickens
L
Logan Ramsey
John Witter
