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Director:
Lou Antonio
Writers:
Mort Briskin (characters)
Samuel A. Peeples (written by)
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Release Date:
9 December 1978 (USA) more
Genre:
Crime | Drama more
Plot:
Bufford Pusser is the Sheriff of a Tennessee County who must go against a former friend, and a group... more | add synopsis
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Pretty decent made-for-TV fare more (4 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Brian Dennehy ... Buford Pusser
Forrest Tucker ... Carl Pusser
Brian Kerwin ... Til Johnson
Ken Howard ... Danny Boy Mitchell
Sheree North ... Carrie Todd
Lane Bradbury ... Debbie Pride
Brad David ... Mick Rodgers
Ed Call ... Grady Coker (as Edward Call)
W.O. Smith ... Obra Eaker
Julie Thrasher ... Dwana Pusser
Jason Hood ... Mike Pusser
Ann Street ... Grandma Pusser
George Boyd ... Lloyd Tatum
Maureen Shannon ... Amelia Biggins (as Maureen Burns)
Charlie Briggs ... Miles Conway
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Hard Stick
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Runtime:
USA:94 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.33 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
UK:PG
Filming Locations:
Tennessee, USA
Company:
Bing Crosby Productions more

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Quotes:
[opening narration]
Buford Pusser: The wrong kind of people have had their say for too long and I want to remind them that somewhere in this world there is a little law and order left - to let them know in the only way their kind understands, that they can't bribe or threaten their way and they will damn well pay pay dearly for every crime they commit.
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Movie Connections:
Follows Walking Tall (1973) more
Soundtrack:
Walking Tall more

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User Comments

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Pretty decent made-for-TV fare, 8 November 2009
6/10
Author: InjunNose from Alabama

"A Real American Hero" looks and feels like what it is: a late '70s telefilm. But it benefits from strong performances by Brian Dennehy as the legendary (or infamous?) Sheriff Buford Pusser, Forrest Tucker as Pusser's father, and Sheree North as an ex-prostitute trying to start over after serving time for killing her pimp. Ken Howard is okay as Pusser's moonshining nemesis, but he lays on the phony Southern accent a bit thick. A film like "A Real American Hero" is best viewed on a warm summer night as you relax in your favorite chair, a can of beer in your hand. If you're from my generation (and particularly if you grew up in the Deep South), the car chases and punch-outs will bring back pleasant memories :)

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