Walking Tall (1973)
R | 125 min | Action, Crime, Drama | 22 February 1973 (USA)
Based on the life of Tennessee sheriff Buford Pusser whom almost single-handily cleaned up his small town of crime and corruption, but at a personal cost of his family life and nearly his own life.
Director: Phil Karlson
Writers: Mort Briskin, Stephen Downing
Stars: Joe Don Baker, Elizabeth Hartman, Leif Garrett
R | 125 min | Action, Crime, Drama | 22 February 1973 (USA)
Based on the life of Tennessee sheriff Buford Pusser whom almost single-handily cleaned up his small town of crime and corruption, but at a personal cost of his family life and nearly his own life.
Director: Phil Karlson
Writers: Mort Briskin, Stephen Downing
Stars: Joe Don Baker, Elizabeth Hartman, Leif Garrett
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00:00I mean, there are some important people involved, all the way up to the capital and beyond,
00:22believe me.
00:23Well, the only important people to me are down there.
00:28They built the county.
00:29They have to live in it.
00:30I got nothing against a little drink, a little fun, but the law of the land shouldn't be
00:34for sale.
00:35If you let those people that run those joints have an inch, they'll steal the whole state.
00:40It looks like they've already got a leg up on it.
00:42They've had their say.
00:43Seems like they've had that kind of say around here for too long.
00:44I had to stand up for myself alone.
00:45I went in there to remind them that somewhere in this world, there's still a little law
00:46and order left.
00:47You know, ideals and realities are very far apart.
01:01One day you're going to see that, son, and if you don't, someone's going to point it
01:05out to you, clearly.
01:08Why you self-appointed dictator, all you know is force and violence.
01:12You don't understand the simplest things about the law.
01:14Is your pride worth the safety of those children, of all of us, or are you turning this into
01:20some kind of senseless life and death grudge fight?
01:25You going on a take, Buford?
01:27I sure am.
01:29I'm going to take, and take, and take, till they ain't got nothing to give but blood.
01:44I'm going to take, and take, and take, till they ain't got nothing to give but blood.