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}}
Cast
- Louis Gossett Jr. as Tom Hayward
- Clu Gulager as Marvin Tayman
- Mary Alice as Minnie Hayward
- Barry Brown as Fred Tayman
- Barton Heyman as George Tayman
- James McEachin as Harris McIntyre
- Lonny Chapman as Sheriff Harvey Johnson
- Andy Griffith as Sheriff Andy Taylor cameo
References
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External links
- {{IMDb title|0076303}}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20180811133508/https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b7380939f Lawman Without a Gun] at the British Film Institute{{better source needed|reason=Help request: a live link can be searched for at https://collections-search.bfi.org.uk/web/search/expert - if available, replace the archive URL with the live link. Or if none found, remove this 'better source needed' template. | date=October 2023}}
Category:1978 television films
Category:Films about racism in the United States
Category:Films about race and ethnicity
Category:Films about human rights
Category:Films directed by Jerrold Freedman
Category:American drama television films
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