Drama ·TV Movie · United States of America · 1979 · 1h 30m

Lawman Without a Gun

Director

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

Crew

Tak Fujimoto — Director of Photography John F. Link — Editor Fred Karlin — Original Music Composer Jerrold Freedman — Writer Harry R. Sherman — Producer Roger Gimbel — Producer

Tagline

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

Synopsis

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.

Mood & Themes

sheriff civil rights

Key Collaborators

Jerrold Freedman Director Tak Fujimoto Director of Photography John F. Link Editor Fred Karlin Original Music Composer Jerrold Freedman Writer Harry R. Sherman Producer Roger Gimbel Producer

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