# Walking Tall (1973)

> A determined Tennessee sheriff wages a brutally personal campaign against the gamblers and gangsters corrupting his small town.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/15088

## Facts

- Runtime: 125 min
- Genres: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
- Director: Phil Karlson
- Cast: Joe Don Baker, Elizabeth Hartman, Gene Evans, Noah Beery Jr., Brenda Benet, John Brascia, Bruce Glover, Arch Johnson
- TMDB rating: 6.6/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0070895/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: brisk
- Intensity: strong
- Complexity: accessible
- Violence: graphic
- Mood: gritty, confrontational, sardonic, 1970s movie night, gritty action marathon

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- [Mr. Majestyk (1974)](https://ember.film/movie/15569)
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- [Dillinger (1973)](https://ember.film/movie/17102)
- [The Chase (1966)](https://ember.film/movie/19795)
- [Walking Tall Part II (1975)](https://ember.film/movie/50699)
- [The Last Hard Men (1976)](https://ember.film/movie/24246)
- [The Exterminator (1980)](https://ember.film/movie/23722)
- [Rolling Thunder (1977)](https://ember.film/movie/13165)
- [Walking Tall (2004)](https://ember.film/movie/6341)
- [Foxy Brown (1974)](https://ember.film/movie/13213)

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