Lawman Without a Gun
6.1
“Alabama's First Black Sheriff. America's Most Dangerous Job.”
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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Cast
38 people
Louis Gossett Jr.
Tom Hayward
Known for
Watchmen
Enemy Mine
Clu Gulager
Marvin Tayman
Known for
The Return of the Living Dead
A Nightmare on Elm Street Part 2: Freddy's Revenge
Jerrold Freedman
Roger Gimbel
John F. Link
Mary Alice
Minnie Hayward
Known for
The Matrix Revolutions
Awakenings
Abby Mann
Herman F. Zimmerman
Barry Brown
Fred Tayman
Known for
Bad Company
Piranha
Tak Fujimoto
Harry R Sherman
Barton Heyman
George Tayman
Known for
The Exorcist
The Basketball Diaries
Jerrold Freedman Director · Fred Karlin Composer Tak Fujimoto Cinematographer
United States release May 30, 1979 · Produced in United States · Production Abby Mann Productions, EMI Television
Production
Roger Gimbel Productions
Production
Abby Mann Productions
Production
EMI Television
Production
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United Kingdom · December 4, 1978
United States · May 30, 1979
Theatrical
United States
December 4, 1978 · TV · NBC
Germany
September 1, 1981 · Theatrical
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