
1979 · Jerrold Freedman · 90 min
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.
Louis Gossett Jr.Tom Hayward
Clu GulagerMarvin Tayman
Mary AliceMinnie Hayward
Barry BrownFred Tayman
Barton HeymanGeorge Tayman
James McEachinHarris McIntyre
Lonny ChapmanSheriff Harvey JohnsonJames McEacheonHarris McIntyre
Helen MartinMrs. Cartwright
John CrawfordSgt. Hunt
John Ashton1st State Trooper
Burton GilliamRev. FarrellClebert FordAlbert JacksonNick SmithFactory Worker
Philip Michael ThomasRufus Cartwright