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Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9786303584911
Format: NTSC
ISBN: 6303584918
Label: Vestron
Manufacturer: Vestron
Publisher: Vestron
Running Time: 125 minutes
Sales Rank: 9614
Studio: Vestron
Theatrical Release Date: February 22, 1973
Editorial Review:
Amazon.com:
Weirdly marketed as a right-wing screed upon its initial release in 1973, Walking Tall is really a tragic, shockingly violent post-noir film based on various legends surrounding real-life Southern sheriff Buford Pusser. Joe Don Baker (The Natural) gives a powerful performance as Pusser, who took on determined forces of crime and corruption in his town at great personal expense. Directed with an intentionally crude force by Phil Karlson (Kansas City Confidential), one of the toughest filmmakers of the 1950s, the film's grimness does not let up, but in the end it is more likely to break hearts than turn stomachs. --Tom Keogh
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Gift for a friend
This was purchased as a Christmas gift for a friend.She still has a vhs recorder and she had asked if this could be found.The vhs box and tape was in excellent condition.She has told me how much she loves her tape of Walking Tall the original as she calls it.
Rating: - A Worthy Classic
This movie to me will always be a Classic. Based on a true story how one man can make a difference. The newer version of this appears better because of the updates..However, the newer version just doesn't seem to grab my heartstrings or make me feel the emotion as I did with the original movie. I am glad to have this classic in my home now.
Rating: - Will that promise of people power come true ?
I saw it when it came out, in Dunn North Carolina, mind you, in the new cinema complex that had just open in the new shopping mall that had started opening in 1970 (I bought a tie there, the tie of Campbell community college next door, in 1970). I thought it was interesting, fascinating, but maybe slightly extreme. I have not changed my mind. But what is it about? A man coming back to his birth place and his family, along with his wife, their two kids and their dog, a birth place they decide to call ... Read More
Rating: - Walking Tall
Sorry, been too busy to watch the video. But I did see it when it first came out & it was fantastic. Joe Don Baker did a great job playing Pusser. I should know because I knew Bufor Pusser.
Rating: - Still no respect
In the early 70's two lawmen came to national attention, Buford Pusser and Frank Serpico. They both fought corruption and had been shot in the face-(Pusser was shot in the face twice and on another occassion had his jaw shot off and his wife killed) Both men became subjects of the movies. Serpico, a NYPD officer became the subject of a major motion picture vehicle for Al Pacino. Pusser, a Southern sheriff, was the subject of a low-budget drive-in movie exploitation film. The Serpico movie was good ... Read More
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