Lawman Without a Gun

Lawman Without a Gun

Lawman Without a Gun

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Lawman Without a Gun

"Alabama's First Black Sheriff. America's Most Dangerous Job."

1979

1h 30m

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TV Movie

Overview

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.

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28 members

Acting

Louis Gossett Jr.

Tom Hayward

Louis Gossett Jr.

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Clu Gulager

Marvin Tayman

Clu Gulager

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Mary Alice

Minnie Hayward

Mary Alice

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Barry Brown

Fred Tayman

Barry Brown

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Barton Heyman

George Tayman

Barton Heyman

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James McEachin

Harris McIntyre

James McEachin

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Lonny Chapman

Sheriff Harvey Johnson

Lonny Chapman

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James McEacheon

Harris McIntyre

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Helen Martin

Mrs. Cartwright

Helen Martin

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John Crawford

Sgt. Hunt

John Crawford

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John Ashton

1st State Trooper

John Ashton

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Burton Gilliam

Rev. Farrell

Burton Gilliam

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Clebert Ford

Albert Jackson

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Nick Smith

Factory Worker

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Philip Michael Thomas

Rufus Cartwright

Philip Michael Thomas

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Katherine Pass

Loretta Tayman

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Joe Morton

Louis

Joe Morton

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Jerry DeWilde

Greenspan

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Jerry Allison

Big Ed

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Andrew Fradkin

Burton

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Shiela Bailey Lucas

Registrar

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Patricia A. Gill

Mrs. Hattie Waters

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Evelyn Boone

Marvin Tayman's Secretary

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Tommie L. Ray

Isaac

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Robert Harper

Well-Dressed Man

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Sonny Jim Gaines

Mr. Smith

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Jon Ralph Wilson

James

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Royce Clark

Trooper at Factory

Royce Clark

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