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Lawman Without a Gun
Alabama's First Black Sheriff. America's Most Dangerous Job.
9.0(1)19791h 30m
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.
- Director
- Jerrold Freedman
- Created by
- Abby Mann
- Writers
- Jerrold Freedman
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Cast

Louis Gossett Jr.
Tom Hayward

Clu Gulager
Marvin Tayman

Mary Alice
Minnie Hayward

Barry Brown
Fred Tayman

Barton Heyman
George Tayman

James McEachin
Harris McIntyre

Lonny Chapman
Sheriff Harvey Johnson
James McEacheon
Harris McIntyre

Helen Martin
Mrs. Cartwright

John Crawford
Sgt. Hunt

John Ashton
1st State Trooper

Burton Gilliam
Rev. Farrell
Clebert Ford
Albert Jackson
Nick Smith
Factory Worker

Philip Michael Thomas
Rufus Cartwright

Katherine Pass
Loretta Tayman

Joe Morton
Louis
Jerry DeWilde
Greenspan
Jerry Allison
Big Ed
Andrew Fradkin
Burton
Shiela Bailey Lucas
Registrar
Patricia A. Gill
Mrs. Hattie Waters
Evelyn Boone
Marvin Tayman's Secretary
Tommie L. Ray
Isaac
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Crew
Directing
- Jerrold FreedmanDirector
Writing
- Jerrold FreedmanWriter
Production
- Mary GoldbergCasting
- Roger GimbelProducer
- Abby MannExecutive Producer
- Harry R. ShermanProducer
Camera
- Tak FujimotoDirector of Photography
Editing
- John F. LinkEditor
Sound
- Fred KarlinOriginal Music Composer
Art
- Herman F. ZimmermanArt Direction
Costume & Make-Up
- Vera GarverMakeup Artist