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I Walk the Line

United States of America

PG-13
1970-11-18
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Drama
▪ 1h-37m

57^%

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Sheriff Tawes walks the line between duty and desire, between law and violence, between honor and shame

Overview

Henry Tawes, a middle-aged sheriff in a rural Tennessee town, is usually the first man to criticize others for their bad behavior. Miserable in his marriage, Henry falls in love with teenage seductress Alma, who is the daughter of local criminal and moonshiner Carl McCain. Henry's moral character comes further into question when he is tempted to conceal Carl's crimes in order to prolong his relationship with Alma.

John FrankenheimerDirector
Alvin SargentWriter
Johnny CashMusic
David M. WalshDirector of Photography
Harold D. CohenProducer
Edward LewisExecutive Producer

Top Billed Cast

Gregory Peck

Sheriff Henry Tawes

Tuesday Weld

Alma McCain

Estelle Parsons

Ellen Haney

Ralph Meeker

Carl McCain

Charles Durning

Wylie Hunnicutt

Jeff Dalton

Clay McCain

Freddie McCloud

Buddy McCain

Jane Rose

Elsie

J.C. Evans

Grandpa Tawes

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A review by Wuchak

7.0

Written by Wuchak on 2021-09-10

_**How a man becomes a loaf of bread**_ Not to be confused with the 2005 biopic of Johnny Cash (although the soundtrack features several Cash songs), "I Walk the Line" (1970) stars Gregory Peck as a taciturn Appalachian sheriff who suffers a mid-life crisis and falls for some pretty young thang (Tuesday Weld), the d...

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