Walking Tall. 1973.
Bufford "Bull" Pusser returns to home only to find corruption amongst the town's Sheriff and Judge when he is attacked and left for dead. He decides to run for the Sheriff at the next election and tries to clean up the town.
Based on the real life of Bufford who served as a technical advisor on this sees Joe Don Baker taking the role on and this was never received well by the audience. The remake is more action style with The Rock, this original version shows a bit more drama rather than swinging a bat around. Bruce Glover plays the deputy who doesn't agree with the present Sheriff's antics and Felton Perry plays the outcast who is deputised and joins the ranks of law and order. This does have it's fair share of violence for it's time but you can only cheer on the good guys.
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