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Originally posted by CrimsonTide4
Yup. The previews said "inspired by a true story."
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"Hixploitation" drama, based on true events in the life of Tennessee sheriff Buford Pusser, who "removes" corruption in his county with a four-foot-long wooden club. When the criminals attack his family, Buford shoots a whorehouse manager in thehead and runs hillbilly gangsters over with his car.
Summary written by Doug Mosurak {marumaru@andrew.cmu.edu}
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Buford Pusser's a wrestler, whose wife wants him to settle down, so they go to his home town in Tennessee, where he plans to get into business with his father. But he is shocked to discover all sorts of graft and corruption going on. And when he is a victim of it and decides to strike back by running against the corrupt sheriff. And he wins and wages his own little war against them.
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Walking Tall is a remake of the 1973 movie "Walking Tall" featuring Joe Don Baker as the lead character, which spurned two sequels with Bo Svenson as the lead character and a short-lived TV series with Bo reprising his role once again.
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