A Real American Hero

TV Movie
1978
TV-14
1h 30m

IMDb RATING

5.6/10

363

YOUR RATING

Crime Drama

Tennessee Sheriff Buford Pusser attempts to stop a moonshiner whose bad liquor has blinded several teens.Tennessee Sheriff Buford Pusser attempts to stop a moonshiner whose bad liquor has blinded several teens.Tennessee Sheriff Buford Pusser attempts to stop a moonshiner whose bad liquor has blinded several teens.

Director
- Lou Antonio
Writers
- Mort Briskin
- Samuel A. Peeples
Stars

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IMDb RATING

5.6/10

363

YOUR RATING

Director
- Lou Antonio
Writers
- Mort Briskin
- Samuel A. Peeples
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

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Trivia
Ed Call who plays Grady Cole in A Real American Hero, plays Buford Pusser's high school friend in the original Walking Tall (1973).

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.

Connections
Followed by Walking Tall (1981)

Soundtracks
Walking Tall
Music by Walter Scharf
Lyrics by Don Black
Sung by Don Williams

User reviews11

Review

Featured review

5/10

Where's Pauline?

Having seen all the Walking Tall movies, thus made for TV version is undoubtedly the "tamer" of the lot. Not taking away from any of the cast members, I found them all somewhat lacklustered. The ommision of Buford's wife, Pauline Pusser, is in my opinion, extremely noticeable. This, again in my opinion, is a large deterent in this vehicle getting a higher rating.

Pauline Pusser's murder was a huge factor in the "incidents" that followed in Buford's remaining life.

The movie as a whole was entertaining in and of itself.