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A 1973 American action thriller film directed by Phil Karlson and starring Creator/JoeDonBaker and Creator/ElizabethHartman. It's [[VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory loosely based]] on the story of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buford_Pusser Buford Pusser]], the Sheriff of [=McNairy=] County, UsefulNotes/{{Tennessee}} from 1964 to 1970.
Followed by two sequels: ''Walking Tall Part 2'' (1975) and ''Walking Tall: Final Chapter'' (1977), both of which had Creator/BoSvenson [[TheOtherDarrin take over the role of Pusser]]. There was also the MadeForTVMovie ''A Real American Hero'' (1978), starring Creator/BrianDennehy as Pusser, and a short-lived 1981 [[RecycledTheSeries TV series]] which once more featured Bo Svenson as Pusser.
Followed by two sequels: ''Walking Tall Part 2'' (1975) and ''Walking Tall: Final Chapter'' (1977), both of which had Creator/BoSvenson [[TheOtherDarrin take over the role of Pusser]]. There was also the MadeForTVMovie ''A Real American Hero'' (1978), starring Creator/BrianDennehy as Pusser, and a short-lived 1981 [[RecycledTheSeries TV series]] which once more featured Bo Svenson as Pusser.
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A 1973 American action thriller film directed by Phil Karlson and Karlson, starring Creator/JoeDonBaker Creator/JoeDonBaker, Creator/ElizabethHartman and Creator/ElizabethHartman. Creator/RosemaryMurphy. It's [[VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory loosely based]] on the true story of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buford_Pusser Buford Pusser]], the Sheriff of [=McNairy=] County, UsefulNotes/{{Tennessee}} from 1964 to 1970.
Followed by two sequels: ''Walking Tall Part 2'' (1975) and ''Walking Tall: Final Chapter'' (1977), both of which had Creator/BoSvenson [[TheOtherDarrin take over the role of Pusser]]. There was also the MadeForTVMovie ''A Real American Hero'' (1978), starring Creator/BrianDennehy as Pusser,and along with a short-lived 1981 [[RecycledTheSeries TV series]] which once more featured Bo with Svenson as Pusser.
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Followed by two sequels: ''Walking Tall Part 2'' (1975) and ''Walking Tall: Final Chapter'' (1977), both of which had Creator/BoSvenson [[TheOtherDarrin take over the role of Pusser]]. There was also the MadeForTVMovie ''A Real American Hero'' (1978), starring Creator/BrianDennehy as Pusser,
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Followed by two sequels: ''Walking Tall Part 2'' (1975) and ''Walking Tall: Final Chapter'' (1977), both of which had Bo Svenson [[TheOtherDarrin take over the role of Pusser]]. There was also the MadeForTVMovie ''A Real American Hero'' (1978), starring Creator/BrianDennehy as Pusser, and a short-lived 1981 [[RecycledTheSeries TV series]] which once more featured Bo Svenson as Pusser.
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A 1973 pulp action flick starring Creator/JoeDonBaker, [[VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory loosely based]] on the story of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buford_Pusser Buford Pusser]], the Sheriff of [=McNairy=] County, Tennessee from 1964 to 1970. Later [[Film/WalkingTall2004 remade into a 2004 movie]] starring Wrestling/DwayneJohnson.
A 1973 pulp action flick starring Creator/JoeDonBaker, [[VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory loosely based]] on the story of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buford_Pusser Buford Pusser]], the Sheriff of [=McNairy=] County, Tennessee from 1964 to 1970. Later [[Film/WalkingTall2004 remade into a 2004 movie]] starring Wrestling/DwayneJohnson.
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Followed by two sequels: ''Walking Tall Part 2'' (1975) and ''Walking Tall: Final Chapter'' (1977), both of which had Bo Svenson [[TheOtherDarrin take over the role of Pusser]]. There was also the MadeForTVMovie ''A Real American Hero'' (1978), starring Creator/BrianDennehy as Pusser, and a short-lived 1981 [[RecycledTheSeries TV series]] which once more featured Bo Svenson as Pusser.
Later remade as a [[Film/WalkingTall2004
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* NobleBigot: Subverted, Buford has no reservations about referring to the eight innocents poisoned by tainted moonshine as "niggers,. This is only done to incite friend and deputy Obra Eaker into taking action. Buford is determined to punish those responsible for their deaths just the same, something he notes the old Sheriff would have let slide for the victims "not being his favorite color."
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* NobleBigot: Subverted, Buford has no reservations about referring to the eight innocents poisoned by tainted moonshine as "niggers,. This is "niggers," but he only done does so to incite friend and deputy Obra Eaker into taking action. Buford is determined to punish those responsible for their deaths just the same, something he notes the old Sheriff would have let slide for the victims "not being his favorite color."
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* GoodPolicingEvilPolicing: Bufford Pusser catches the dealers cheating at a casino called The Lucky Spot, and the proprietors cut him up with a knife and leave him for dead. After he complains to the Sheriff, and nothing is done, he learns of the rampant corruption in his hometown, which, eventually, prompts Pusser to run for Sheriff, himself. His opponent dies trying to run Pusser off the road.
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A 1973 pulp action flick starring Creator/JoeDonBaker, [[VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory loosely based]] on the story of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buford_Pusser Buford Pusser]], the Sherrif of [=McNairy=] County, Tennessee from 1964 to 1970. Later [[Film/WalkingTall2004 remade into a 2004 movie]] starring Wrestling/DwayneJohnson.
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A 1973 pulp action flick starring Creator/JoeDonBaker, [[VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory loosely based]] on the story of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buford_Pusser Buford Pusser]], the Sherrif Sheriff of [=McNairy=] County, Tennessee from 1964 to 1970. Later [[Film/WalkingTall2004 remade into a 2004 movie]] starring Wrestling/DwayneJohnson.
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* StuffedInTheFridge: [[spoiler:Buford's wife Pauline]] is suddenly cut down in an ambush meant for him, in a scene tragically mirroring what happened in RealLife.
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* BatterUp: Buford metes out some good old fashioned, bone-breakin' justice with a massive homemade shillelagh.
* CarryABigStick: Buford metes out some good old fashioned, bone-breakin' justice with a massive homemade shillelagh.
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* FreakierThanFiction: From the [[https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/original-buford-pusser-photo-joe-don-baker-photo photo]] of the two of them standing together, tall and muscular Joe Don Baker is clearly dwarfed by the real Buford Pusser.
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* ProtectedByAChild: After an ambush leaves Buford seriously injured and [[spoiler:his wife dead]], his young son stands watch in his daddy's hospital room with a .410 shotgun.
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* NobleBigot: Subverted, Buford has no reservations about referring to the eight innocents poisoned by tainted moonshine as "niggers,. This is only done to incite friend and deputy Obra Eaker into taking action. Buforf is determined to punish those responsible for their deaths just the same, something he notes the old Sheriff would have let slide for the victims "not being his favorite color."
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A 1973 pulp action flick starring Joe Don Baker, [[VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory loosely based]] on the story of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buford_Pusser Buford Pusser]], the Sherrif of [=McNairy=] County, Tennessee from 1964 to 1970. Later [[Film/WalkingTall2004 remade into a 2004 movie]] starring Wrestling/DwayneJohnson.
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A 1973 pulp action flick starring Joe Don Baker, Creator/JoeDonBaker, [[VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory loosely based]] on the story of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buford_Pusser Buford Pusser]], the Sherrif of [=McNairy=] County, Tennessee from 1964 to 1970. Later [[Film/WalkingTall2004 remade into a 2004 movie]] starring Wrestling/DwayneJohnson.
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A 1973 pulp action flick starring Joe Don Baker, [[VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory loosely based]] on the story of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buford_Pusser Buford Pusser]], the Sherrif of [=McNairy=] County, Tennessee from 1964 to 1970. Later [[Film/WalkingTall2004 remade into a 2004 movie]] starring Wrestling/DwayneJohnson.
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!!The 1973 original provides examples of:
* {{Badass}}: Buford, natch.
* BatterUp: Buford metes out some good old fashioned, bone-breakin' justice with a massive homemade shillelagh.
* BoomHeadshot: [[spoiler:Pauline]] is killed this way, and the effect is surprisingly graphic for a low-budget 70's movie.
* DirtyCop: The former Sheriff, along with one deputy we later discover to be on the take.
* DoesntLikeGuns: Sheriff Pusser at first refuses to carry a gun because his wife doesn't approve.
* EveryCarIsAPinto: The old Sheriff's car a'splodes from under the hood simply by running off the road into a river bank. Before it crashes, even!
* IncorruptiblePurePureness: The bad guys offer Deputy Grady more than his lifetime salary to turn on Buford, but he flatly refuses.
* LetsGetDangerous: When Mrs. Pusser agrees to let her husband start packing heat, it is ''on.''
* NobleBigot: Buford has no reservations about referring to the eight innocents poisoned by tainted moonshine as "niggers," but he is determined to punish those responsible for their deaths just the same, something he notes the old Sheriff would have let slide for the victims "not being his favorite color."
* ProtectedByAChild: After an ambush leaves Buford seriously injured and [[spoiler:his wife dead]], his young son stands watch in his daddy's hospital room with a .410 shotgun.
* StuffedInTheFridge: [[spoiler:Buford's wife Pauline]] is suddenly cut down in an ambush meant for him, in a scene tragically mirroring what happened in RealLife.
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A 1973 pulp action flick starring Joe Don Baker, [[VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory loosely based]] on the story of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buford_Pusser Buford Pusser]], the Sherrif of [=McNairy=] County, Tennessee from 1964 to 1970. Later [[Film/WalkingTall2004 remade into a 2004 movie]] starring Wrestling/DwayneJohnson.
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!!The 1973 original provides examples of:
* {{Badass}}: Buford, natch.
* BatterUp: Buford metes out some good old fashioned, bone-breakin' justice with a massive homemade shillelagh.
* BoomHeadshot: [[spoiler:Pauline]] is killed this way, and the effect is surprisingly graphic for a low-budget 70's movie.
* DirtyCop: The former Sheriff, along with one deputy we later discover to be on the take.
* DoesntLikeGuns: Sheriff Pusser at first refuses to carry a gun because his wife doesn't approve.
* EveryCarIsAPinto: The old Sheriff's car a'splodes from under the hood simply by running off the road into a river bank. Before it crashes, even!
* IncorruptiblePurePureness: The bad guys offer Deputy Grady more than his lifetime salary to turn on Buford, but he flatly refuses.
* LetsGetDangerous: When Mrs. Pusser agrees to let her husband start packing heat, it is ''on.''
* NobleBigot: Buford has no reservations about referring to the eight innocents poisoned by tainted moonshine as "niggers," but he is determined to punish those responsible for their deaths just the same, something he notes the old Sheriff would have let slide for the victims "not being his favorite color."
* ProtectedByAChild: After an ambush leaves Buford seriously injured and [[spoiler:his wife dead]], his young son stands watch in his daddy's hospital room with a .410 shotgun.
* StuffedInTheFridge: [[spoiler:Buford's wife Pauline]] is suddenly cut down in an ambush meant for him, in a scene tragically mirroring what happened in RealLife.
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