Original walking tall movie

Premiering january 17, 1981, on nbc, the hourlong crime drama walking tall was based on a extremely popular series of theatrical features which in turn, were inspired by the reallife exploits of relentless tennessee sheriff buford pusser pussers story also served as the basis of. The high strangeness of the original walking tall trilogy. Walking tall is a 1973 american semibiographical action film of sheriff buford pusser, a professional wrestlerturnedlawman in mcnairy county, tennessee, played by joe don baker. With dwayne johnson, ashley scott, johnny knoxville, michael bowen. The measure of a man is how tall he walks and joe don baker walks goddam tall. Based on the life of tennessee sheriff buford pusser whom almost singlehandily cleaned up his small town of crime and corruption, but at a personal cost of his family life and nearly his own life. The high strangeness of the original walking tall trilogy features the life of tennessee sheriff buford pusser spawned what may be the most unexpectedly weird franchise ever.

Walking tall 2004 soundtrack complete list of songs. Apr 01, 2004 all 15 songs from the walking tall 2004 movie soundtrack, with scene descriptions. The movie was popular enough to spawn two sequels in the 70s, a television movie, a television. Listen to and download the music, ost, score, list of songs and trailers. The final chapter1977,a shortlived television series and two prequels starring dewayne the. The hit men were parked behind bear creek methodist church at the corner of cedarfield and bear creek roads. Buford pusser, whose exploits as a crusading sheriff in mcnairy county, tennessee, were related in the hit movie walking tall, was killed in a traffic accident early yesterday, only hours. The scene where his wife was shot was filmed on cedarfield road near pinson tn in madison county. Walking tall, movie, 1973 internet movie cars database. Advertised as the original revenge film, walking tall is a 70s classic that im not sure would appeal to todays audience even though there seems to be a resurgence in the popularity of heroes in revenge films with films like taken. The first big screen version of walking tall, starring joe don baker as reallife tennessee sheriff buford pusser, debuted in 1973 and was a huge grassroots hit with moviegoers. Buford pusser, you will recall, is the tennessee sheriff who combined lester maddoxs ax handle with estes kefauvers populism and john waynes heroism in walking tall, a movie eventually seen by 35 million people.

All three continue to give inspiration and hope to viewers. It made bakers career and perhaps kicked the southsploutation genre of that decade into gear. Watch walking tall online stream full movie directv. A remake by the same title was released in 2004 starring dwayne johnson as the main character, renamed chris vaughn. Walking tall is a 1973 american semibiographical action film of sheriff buford pusser. Pusser can either be regarded as a tireless champion of justice or a. All are critically reviled, so no great loss there. Walking tall collection changes the movie database tmdb. Joe don baker, elizabeth hartman, leif garrett\\r\\rlanguage. Sep 01, 2015 the high strangeness of the original walking tall trilogy features the life of tennessee sheriff buford pusser spawned what may be the most unexpectedly weird franchise ever. The success of walking tall spawned two sequels walking tall chapter 21975,and walking tall.

Home of buford walking tall pusser, adamsville, tennessee. It is an exploitation film that lasts over two hours. Walking tall 2004 cast and crew tennessee sheriff buford pusser joe don baker carries a big stick after thugs beat him up and kill his wife elizabeth hartman. Although once you think about its easy to notice how ridiculous this story is. You get the original trailers to each movie and additional photos, also. Walking tall is a 1973 american action semibiopic film of sheriff buford pusser, a former professional wrestlerturnedlawman in mcnairy. All three walking tall movies are included and with many extras. If tennessee had a mount rushmore of its dead folk heroes, the big heads would likely be of elvis, davy crockett, jack daniels, and buford pusser dont even get us started on ky rushmore. Pusser is known for his virtual oneman war on moonshining, prostitution, gambling, and other vices along the mississippitennessee state line. All 15 songs from the walking tall 2004 movie soundtrack, with scene descriptions. Walking tall 59 movie clip chased by the sheriff 1973 hd.

Aug 22, 1974 buford pusser, whose exploits as a crusading sheriff in mcnairy county, tennessee, were related in the hit movie walking tall, was killed in a traffic accident early yesterday, only hours. This film is the unabashedly manipulative story of reallife tennessee sheriff buford pusser. To this day i still consider it more horror film than drama, and still. Today, a memorial stands in mcnairy county in the house that buford pusser grew up in. But i suspect the earlier film was tilted more toward populism and less toward superhero violence than the new walking tall, which is dedicated to the memory of buford pusser but turns the story into a cartoon of retribution and revenge. The 1973 movie walking tall was based on pussers story. Premiering january 17, 1981, on nbc, the hourlong crime drama walking tall was based on a extremely popular series of theatrical features which in turn, were inspired by the reallife exploits of relentless tennessee sheriff buford pusser pussers story also served as the basis of a 1978 tv movie, a real american hero. When decorated military officer chris vaughn the rock returns to his hometown in the state of washington to find work, he finds that the lumber mill has closed, and the towns big business is now a seedy casino operated by one of his old schoolmates, jay hamilton neal mcdonough. Walking tall is a remake that is enjoyable enough on the surface. He is the walking talking cinematic representation of speaking softly and carrying a big stick. Buford was the bigstickcarrying walking tall sheriff of mcnairy county. The original walking tall was a hit, but the sequels. These tv and movie cast reunions have been the silver lining of quarantine. See the full list of part 2, walking tall cast and crew including actors, directors, producers and more.

The rock deserves a lot of credit for how fun it is and its surprisingly well directed at times. Aided by his loyal friend ray templeton johnny knoxville, vaughn tries to make a stand against the areas. Based on pussers life, it has become a cult classic with two direct sequels of its own, a tv movie, a brief tv. In 1973, a movie called walking tall, which was based on pussers life, was released. He is informed by sheriff stan watkins that the mill was closed three years ago and now the wild cherry casino, owned by his former high school friend jay hamilton, is the major source. Find out where walking tall 1973 is streaming, if walking tall 1973 is on netflix, and get news and updates, on decider. Yes, they know how to stage fights, though the battles in this walking tall are more intense and graphic than the mpaa normally permits in a pg. I thought it would be fun to include a gallery of the movie posters from the film series, too. With joe don baker, elizabeth hartman, leif garrett, dawn lyn. Trailer for the film walking tall, on dvd and bluray as part of the walking tall trilogy. The original 1973 movie with joe don baker teetered on the brink of vigilantism. The original walking tall was a hit, but the sequels, walking tall part 2 september 28, 1975, and walking tall. While the walking tall franchise will never be on any list of classic film, the original is a great slice of americana, circa 70s.

Aug 23, 2014 in 1973, a movie called walking tall, which was based on pussers life, was released. The payback is a 2007 actionthriller film, released directtovideo as a standalone sequel to the 2004 original walking tall starring dwayne the rock johnson, it was directed by tripp reed and starring kevin sorbo, a. Lone justice 2007 these later films are not available via youtube. Walking tall 1981 synopsis, characteristics, moods. Walking tall 1973 where to stream and watch decider. Buckley, haley ramm, bentley mitchum, jennifer sipes, brad leland, charles baker and marc macaulay. Army special forces, sergeant chris vaughn returns to his hometown seeking for a job in the local mill. The rocks sheriff character is basically the lesser of two evils in his town. Nov 21, 2019 today, a memorial stands in mcnairy county in the house that buford pusser grew up in. Still, duty calls, and over the weekend i went to see part two walking tall. Display as images display as list make and model make and year year category importancerole date added new ones first episode appearance ep.

May 07, 2012 trailer for the film walking tall, on dvd and bluray as part of the walking tall trilogy. Based on pussers true story, it was a combination of very loosely based fact and hollywood revisionism. Several movies called walking tall have been made about his life that depict the man who cleaned up a town, got caught in the middle of an assassination attempt, and spent the rest of his life hellbent on vengeance for those who had hurt his family. Walking tall is a 1973 american action semibiopic film of sheriff buford pusser, a former professional wrestlerturnedlawman in mcnairy county, tennessee. Tennessee sheriff buford pusser almost singlehandily cleaned up his small town of crime and corruption, but at a personal cost of his family life and. Luckily for us, both versions of the movie have some hot scenes in them so we decided to put all the good parts in this playlist.