Lawman Without a Gun
Lawman Without a Gun | |
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Genre | Drama |
Written by | Jerrold Freedman |
Directed by | Jerrold Freedman |
Starring | Louis Gossett Jr. Clu Gulager Mary Alice Barry Brown |
Music by | Fred Karlin |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
Production | |
Executive producer | Abby Mann |
Producer | Harry R. Sherman |
Production location | Kentucky |
Cinematography | Tak Fujimoto |
Editor | John F. Link |
Running time | 90 minutes |
Production companies | EMI Television Roger Gimbel Productions |
Distributor | NBC |
Release | |
Original network | NBC |
Picture format | Color |
Audio format | Mono |
Original release | December 4, 1978 |
Lawman Without a Gun (also known as This Man Stands Alone) is a 1978 American made-for-television drama film starring Louis Gossett Jr., written and directed by .[1]
Plot[]
A black man runs for the position of sheriff in a small town. This movie is about Dr. Rev. Thomas Earl Gilmore Sr. Raised in Forkland, Alabama and known as the “sheriff without a gun,” he became the first black sheriff of Greene County and the second black sheriff in the state of Alabama.[2] He died in 2015.[3]
Cast[]
- Louis Gossett Jr. as Tom Hayward
- Clu Gulager as Marvin Tayman
- Mary Alice as Minnie Hayward
- Barry Brown as Fred Tayman
- as George Tayman
- James McEachin as Harris McIntyre
- Lonny Chapman as Sheriff Harvey Johnson
References[]
- ^ The Taming of Hatter Fox Smith, Cecil. Los Angeles Times 12 Oct 1977: g18.
- ^ "Stanford". Stanford Libraries. Stanford University. Retrieved 5 March 2021.
- ^ "Obituary". Roberts Funeral Services. Retrieved 5 March 2021.
External links[]
Categories:
- 1978 television films
- 1978 films
- 1978 drama films
- American films
- American drama films
- Films about racism
- Films about race and ethnicity
- Films about human rights
- NBC network original films
- Films directed by Jerrold Freedman
- American television film stubs