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Alabama's First Black Sheriff. America's Most Dangerous Job.
9 / 10 IMDb May 30, 1979 1h 30m
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
Runtime
1h 30m
Release Date
May 30, 1979
Genre
Drama, TV Movie
Status
Released
Languages
English
Country
United States of America
Writers
Cast
Louis Gossett Jr.
as Tom Hayward
Clu Gulager
as Marvin Tayman
Mary Alice
as Minnie Hayward
Barry Brown
as Fred Tayman
Barton Heyman
as George Tayman
James McEachin
as Harris McIntyre
Lonny Chapman
as Sheriff Harvey Johnson
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James McEacheon
as Harris McIntyre
Helen Martin
as Mrs. Cartwright
John Crawford
as Sgt. Hunt
John Ashton
as 1st State Trooper
Burton Gilliam
as Rev. Farrell
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Clebert Ford
as Albert Jackson
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Nick Smith
as Factory Worker
Philip Michael Thomas
as Rufus Cartwright
Katherine Pass
as Loretta Tayman
Joe Morton
as Louis
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Jerry DeWilde
as Greenspan
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Jerry Allison
as Big Ed
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Andrew Fradkin
as Burton
Production Companies
Roger Gimbel Productions
Abby Mann Productions
EMI Television
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