Walking Tall 51 years old

Take your best shot... 'cause it'll probably be your last.

Walking Tall

Buford Pusser's a wrestler, whose wife wants him to settle down, so they go to his home town in Tennessee, where he plans to get into business with his father. But he is shocked to discover all sorts of graft and corruption going on. And when he is a victim of it and decides to strike back by running against the corrupt sheriff. And he wins and wages his own little war against them

Credits

Walking Tall Cast

Name Character
Bruce Glover He was 40, now 91 years old as Grady Coker
Logan Ramsey He was 51, 79 years old when he died as John Witter
Joe Don Baker He was 37, now 88 years old as Buford Pusser
Sidney Clute He was 56, 69 years old when he died as Sheldon Levine
Gene Evans He was 50, 75 years old when he died as Sheriff Al Thurman
Douglas Fowley He was 61, 86 years old when he died as Judge R.W. Clarke
Richard X. Slattery He was 47, 71 years old when he died as Arno Purdy
Lynn Borden She was 33, 75 years old when she died as Margie Ann
Noah Beery, Jr. He was 59, 81 years old when he died as Grandpa Carl Pusser
Felton Perry He was 27, now 78 years old as Obra Eaker
Brenda Benet She was 27, 36 years old when she died as Luan Paxton
Arch Johnson He was 50, 75 years old when he died as Buel Jaggers
John Brascia He was 40, 80 years old when he died as Prentiss Parley
Kenneth Tobey He was 55, 85 years old when he died as Augie McCullah
Ed Call He was 23, 62 years old when he died as Lutie McVey
Leif Garrett He was 11, now 62 years old as Mike Pusser
John Myhers He was 51, 70 years old when he died as Lester Dickens
Elizabeth Hartman She was 29, 43 years old when she died as Pauline Pusser
Sam Laws He was 49, 66 years old when he died as Willie Rae Lockman
Pepper Martin He was 68, 61 years old when he died as Zolan Dicks
Red West He was 37, 81 years old when he died as Sheriff Tanner
Rosemary Murphy She was 46, 87 years old when she died as Callie Hacker
Ted Jordan He was 48, 80 years old when he died as Virgil Button

Walking Tall Crew

Name Department
Walter Scharf as Original Music Composer. He was 62 (92) years old when He died Sound
Harry W. Gerstad as Editor. He was 63 (93) years old when He died Editing
David Dockendorf as Sound Re-Recording Mixer. He was 49 (73) years old when He died Sound
Jack A. Marta as Director of Photography. He was 69 (88) years old when He died Camera
Sass Bedig as Special Effects. Crew
Phil Karlson as Director. He was 64 (77) years old when He died Directing
Mort Briskin as Producer. He was 59 (86) years old when He died Production
Mort Briskin as Writer. He was 59 (86) years old when He died Writing
Joel Briskin as Associate Producer. Production
Oscar Rodriguez as Costume Design. Costume & Make-Up
Stan Jolley as Production Design. He was 46 (86) years old when He died Art
Stephen Downing as Writer. He was 20 (now 71) years old Writing
Charles A. Pratt as Executive Producer. Production
Walking Tall poster
Walking Tall (51 years)

Take your best shot... 'cause it'll probably be your last.

  • Release day: Thursday, February 22, 1973
  • Runtime: 125 minutes