Walking Tall is a 1973 American action semi-biopic film of Sheriff Buford Pusser, a former professional wrestler-turned-lawman in McNairy County, Tennessee. It starred Joe Don Baker as Pusser. The ...

Once hailed as a crime-fighting folk hero, and before that, a hulking pro wrestler, Buford Pusser is now at the center of a stunning allegation: investigators say he likely killed his wife in 1967 and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Buford Pusser should have been on top of the world. By Aug. 20, 1974, he was the most famous sheriff in America, all because of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Joe Don Baker, who played Gerry Spence in the TV movie "The Siege at Ruby Ridge," has died at 89. (CBS Photo Archive / CBS via ...

A rural Tennessee sheriff who was portrayed by Hollywood as a leader who had to bend the law in order to fight crime killed his wife 58 years ago, prosecutors announced Friday. They said that they had ...

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A late Tennessee sheriff who inspired a Hollywood movie about a law enforcement officer who took on organized crime killed his wife in 1967 and led people to believe she was murdered by his enemies, ...

I don't remember enough about the original movie with Joe Don Baker to be able to to compare the two. This remake was pretty good on its own though. Good entertainment with some good kicking ass ...