I Walk the Line (1970)

Directed by

John Frankenheimer

Genre

drama film, crime film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 37m

Rated

PG-13

Rating

5.9 of 10 from 50 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A small-town sheriff begins an affair with a young woman in his community. Their relationship pulls him into a web of secrets and moral compromise.

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What happens

I Walk the Line is a 1970 American neo noir drama film directed by John Frankenheimer and starring Gregory Peck and Tuesday Weld. It tells the story of Sheriff Henry Tawes (Peck) who develops a relationship with a girl in town, Alma McCain (Weld). The screenplay, written by Alvin Sargent, is an adaptation of Madison Jones' novel An Exile. The I Walk the Line soundtrack is by Johnny Cash; it features his 1956 hit song of the same name. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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