Walking Tall

– Buford Pusser's a wrestler, whose wife wants him to settle down, so they go to his home town in Tenn..

Type:
Movie
Rating:
7.00 / 10
Duration:
2 Hours and 5 Minutes
Release Year:
1973
Walking Tall (1973)

Buford Pusser's a wrestler, whose wife wants him to settle down, so they go to his home town in Tennessee, where he plans to get into business with his father. But he is shocked to discover all sorts of graft and corruption going on. And when he is a victim of it and decides to strike back by running against the corrupt sheriff. And he wins and wages his own little war against them

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Producing Country:
USA
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Walking Tall (1973) - Trailer

Release Date:

22 Feb 1973

Language:

English

MPAA Content-Rating:
R – Restricted

Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian. Contains some adult material. Parents are urged to learn more about the film before taking their young children with them.

Director:

Phil Karlson

Writer:

Mort Briskin, Stephen Downing

Main Actors:

Joe Don Baker, Elizabeth Hartman, Leif Garrett, Dawn Lyn

Plot:

A surprise hit when it premiered, Walking Tall carried the theme of one man standing up for his sense of right and wrong. Selmer, a small town in southwest Tennessee, served as the authentic background for the bio-pic of the heroic southern Sheriff. Joe Don Baker did an admirable job with the role, and the hugely violent film was a surprise hit. Former Sheriff Pusser himself was set to potray himself in the sequel, but he died in a car crash as he as returning from his contract signing in California. The sequel was filmed using Swedish actor Bo Swensen, and a Final Chapter triquel told of Pussers' demise. While the Walking Tall franchise will never be on any list of Classic Film, the original is a great slice of Americana, Circa '70s. It made Bakers' career and perhaps kicked the 'southsploutation' genre of that decade into gear.

Production:

Cinerama

Ratings:
Internet Movie Database:
7.0/10
Rotten Tomatoes:
75%
Metacritic:
60%