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Written by Mort Briskin, Stephen Downing & John Michael Hayes, and directed by seasoned journeyman Phil Karlson, WALKING TALL opens. Low budget, 1960s-set bio-pic with an excellent Joe Don Baker as a crusading sheriff Buford Pusser waging one man war against crime & corruption in small Tennessee town. Craftily constructed, redneck bone-cruncher becomes unexpected box-office smash.
