The read
It runs a compact 1h 29m.
Synopsis
A vengeful Southern sheriff is out for blood after his wife is brutally killed by a pair of drifters. Low-budget film set in Georgia in 1953 and at the time of release, purported to be based on a true story.
Ratings
IMDb6.5/10
Rotten Tomatoes56%
38 audience votes
Key crew
- Richard ComptonDirector
- Stu PhillipsOriginal Music Composer
- Max Baer Jr.Screenplay
- Richard ComptonScreenplay
Cast
- Alan VintChris Dixon
- Cheryl WatersJenny Scott
- Geoffrey LewisHamp
- Max Baer Jr.Deptuty Reed Morgan
- Joan BlackmanCarol Morgan
- Jesse VintWayne Dixon
- Sam GilmanDeputy Bill
- Timothy ScottLon Hawkins
- James GammonElisha Gibbons
- Leif GarrettLuke Morgan
- Emile MeyerGurney
- Doodles WeaverAugie
Stills
Themes
sheriffsouthern usagas stationhouseboatdinerrevengemurdersmall town sheriffmilitary schooldeath of wife1950s