The Sheriff (1971)
- Directed by
- David Lowell Rich
- Genre
- tv movie, drama, crime
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 30m
- Rating
- 6.0 of 10 from 7 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A black sheriff and his white deputy probe the accusation that a wealthy white man raped a black college student. The investigation exposes deep racial fault lines in a small community.
tensesocially-chargedgrittyslow-burnseriousuncomfortablesmall-towncharacter-driven
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