Lawman Without a Gun

{{short description|1978 TV film by Jerrold Freedman}}

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| genre = Drama

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| writer = Jerrold Freedman

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| director = Jerrold Freedman

| starring = Louis Gossett Jr.
Clu Gulager
Mary Alice
Barry Brown

| music = Fred Karlin

| country = United States

| language = English

| executive_producer = Abby Mann

| producer = Harry R. Sherman

| location = Kentucky

| cinematography = Tak Fujimoto

| editor = John F. Link

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| runtime = 90 minutes

| company = EMI Television
Roger Gimbel Productions

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| network = BBC

| released = {{Start date|1978|12|04}}

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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 Jerrold Freedman.{{cite news|title=The Taming of Hatter Fox

|last=Smith |first=Cecil |work=Los Angeles Times |date=12 October 1977 |page=g18}} It premiered on the BBC on December 4, 1978.{{Cite web |title=Schedule 1978-12-04 |url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/schedules/service_bbc_one_london/1978-12-04 |access-date=2024-12-09 |website=BBC Programme Index}} It was later shown on American television on NBC on May 30, 1979.{{Cite news |last=Glenn |first=Ray |date=May 2, 1979 |title=Will NBC-TV Ever Show 'Our' Film? |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=dI05AAAAIBAJ&sjid=C20FAAAAIBAJ&pg=1207%2C257041 |access-date=2024-12-09 |work=Kentucky New Era |page=23}}

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.{{cite web |title=Stanford |url=https://exhibits.stanford.edu/fitch/browse/thomas-gilmore-the-black-sheriff-of-greene-county |website=Stanford Libraries |publisher=Stanford University |access-date=5 March 2021}}

He died in 2015.{{cite web |title=Obituary |url=https://www.robertsfuneralservices.com/obituary/3271741 |website=Roberts Funeral Services |access-date=5 March 2021}}

Cast

References

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