Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 125 min
- Age rating
- R
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
- Violence
- Strong
- Frights
- Mild
Why tonight?
- It goes hard on violence — not a wind-down.
The story
Ex-wrestler and Tennessee Sheriff Buford Pusser walks tall and carries a big stick as he tussles with county-wide corruption and moonshining thugs.
- small town
- martial arts
- sheriff
- corruption
- gambling
- gangster
- wrestler
- christmas tree
- based on true story
- tennessee
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
Joe Don Baker
Buford Pusser
Elizabeth Hartman
Pauline
Gene Evans
Sheriff Al Thurman
Noah Beery Jr.
Carl Pusser
- Brenda Benet — Luan Paxton
- John Brascia — Prentiss Parley
- Bruce Glover — Grady Coker
- Arch Johnson — Buel Jaggers
- Felton Perry — Obra Eaker
- Richard X. Slattery — Arno Purdy
- Rosemary Murphy — Callie Hacker
- Lynn Borden — Margie Ann
- Ed Call — Lutie McVeigh
- Sidney Clute — Sheldon Levine
- Douglas Fowley — Judge Clarke
- Directed
- Phil Karlson
- Written
- Mort Briskin
Production
- Rating
- 6.6 / 10 · 148 ratings
- Studio
- Bing Crosby Productions
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
