Lawman Without a Gun

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

Duration: 90 min

Release date: 1979-05-30

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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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Lawman Without a Gun

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Louis Gossett Jr.

Louis Gossett Jr.

as Marvin Tayman

as Minnie Hayward

as George Tayman

as Harris McIntyre

as Sheriff Harvey Johnson

James McEacheon

James McEacheon

as Harris McIntyre

as Mrs. Cartwright

as 1st State Trooper

as Rev. Farrell

as Albert Jackson

as Factory Worker

Philip Michael Thomas

Philip Michael Thomas

as Rufus Cartwright

as Loretta Tayman

Shiela Bailey Lucas

Shiela Bailey Lucas

Patricia A. Gill

Patricia A. Gill

as Mrs. Hattie Waters

as Marvin Tayman's Secretary

as Well-Dressed Man

Sonny Jim Gaines

Sonny Jim Gaines

Jon Ralph Wilson

Jon Ralph Wilson

as Trooper at Factory

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Jerrold Freedman

Jerrold Freedman

Jerrold Freedman

Jerrold Freedman

Original Music Composer

Director of Photography

Harry R. Sherman

Harry R. Sherman

Executive Producer

Herman F. Zimmerman

Herman F. Zimmerman

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