I Walk the Line
6.5
“Sheriff Tawes walks the line between duty and desire, between law and violence, between honor and shame”
Henry Tawes, a middle-aged sheriff in a rural Tennessee town, is usually the first man to criticize others for their bad behavior. Miserable in his marriage, Henry falls in love with teenage seductress Alma, who is the daughter of local criminal and moonshiner Carl McCain. Henry's moral character comes further into question when he is tempted to conceal Carl's crimes in order to prolong his relationship with Alma.
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Cast
13 people
Gregory Peck
Sheriff Henry Tawes
Known for
To Kill a Mockingbird
The Omen
Tuesday Weld
Alma McCain
Known for
Once Upon a Time in America
Falling Down
Estelle Parsons
Ellen Haney
Known for
Bonnie and Clyde
Empire Falls
Ralph Meeker
Carl McCain
Known for
Paths of Glory
Kiss Me Deadly
Charles Durning
Wylie Hunnicutt
Known for
Dog Day Afternoon
The Sting
Jeff Dalton
Clay McCain
No other roles listed
Freddie McCloud
Buddy McCain
No other roles listed
Jane Rose
Elsie
Known for
Summertime
Flipper
J.C. Evans
Grandpa Tawes
Margaret A. Morris
Sybil Tawes
No other roles listed
Bill Littleton
Pollard
Also in
Payday
Leo Yates
Vogel
No other roles listed
John Frankenheimer Director · Alvin Sargent Writer Madison Jones Author
Budget $4M · United States release November 18, 1970 · Produced in United States
Box office
Budget
$4,000,000
Production
Atticus
Production
John Frankenheimer Productions Inc.
Production
Edward Lewis Productions
Production
Halcyon Productions
Production
Columbia Pictures
Production · Studio
United States
Produced in
An Exile
Working title
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · November 18, 1970
Theatrical · (New York City, New York)
Denmark
February 3, 1971 · Theatrical
Finland
May 21, 1971 · Theatrical
Germany
February 4, 1971 · Theatrical · West Germany
Hungary
March 1, 1973 · Theatrical
Ireland
October 8, 1971 · Theatrical
Netherlands
February 22, 1973 · Theatrical
Romania
November 6, 1972 · Theatrical
Sweden
April 5, 1971 · Theatrical
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