The Sheriff
6.6
A rape case opens racial divisions in a small town. A black sheriff and his white deputy investigate allegations that a wealthy white businessman raped a black college student.
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33 people
Ossie Davis
James Lucas
Known for
Doctor Dolittle
Do the Right Thing
Kaz Garas
Harve Gregory
Known for
Mean Creek
Ben
David Lowell Rich
Tony Thomas
Arnold Perl
Jon Epstein
Kyle Johnson
Vance Lucas
Also in
The Learning Tree
Brother on the Run
Louis H. Goldstein
Cary Odell
Ross Martin
Larry Walters
Known for
The Wild Wild West
The Great Race
Lynda Day George
Alma Gregory
Known for
Roots
Mission: Impossible
Marvin Worth
David Lowell Rich Director · Arnold Perl Writer Emil Oster Cinematographer
United States release March 30, 1971 · Produced in United States · Production Screen Gems Television, ABC
Production
Marvin Worth Productions
Production
Screen Gems Television
Production
ABC
Production
United States
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Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · March 30, 1971
TV
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