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Walking Tall (1981)

Walking Tall poster
Directed by
Alf Kjellin
Genre
detective television series
Country
United States
Length
1 season, 7 episodes
Rating
7.0 of 10 from 5 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A Tennessee sheriff fights criminals in his county during 1969. Each week he takes on a new case to keep his community safe.

toughdeterminedseriousaction-orientedold-fashionedcrime-fightinglaw-and-ordertense

What happens

Walking Tall is an American television drama series that ran on NBC in 1981. It was a continuation of the 1973 film Walking Tall, which was based on the life of McNairy County Sheriff Buford Pusser. In this series, Pusser is the sheriff of the fictionalized McNeal County, Tennessee, fighting criminals each week in 1969. The theme song "Walking Tall" was sung by Brad Mercer. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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