Walking Tall

Ex-wrestler and Tennessee Sheriff Buford Pusser walks tall and carries a big stick as he tussles with county-wide corruption and moonshining thugs. The film follows his transformation from a professional wrestler to an incorruptible lawman, using his array of four-foot hickory clubs to dispatch criminals and destroy their clandestine gambling dens and illegal distilleries. Characterized by its blend of vigilante action and small-town drama, the movie stars Joe Don Baker as Buford Pusser and Elizabeth Hartman as his wife Pauline, who is killed in a brutal attack.