A Real American Hero (1978)
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This made-for-TV actioner was designed as the pilot for a series based on the popular Walking Tall films of the 1970s. This time out, a young Brian Dennehy is cast as the stick-wielding, scrupulously honest Tennessee sheriff Buford Pusser (played in the films by Joe Don Baker and Bo Svenson), with… More This made-for-TV actioner was designed as the pilot for a series based on the popular Walking Tall films of the 1970s. This time out, a young Brian Dennehy is cast as the stick-wielding, scrupulously honest Tennessee sheriff Buford Pusser (played in the films by Joe Don Baker and Bo Svenson), with Forrest Tucker repeating his role from Walking Tall: The Final Chapter as Pusser's father. After chasing down a speeding car, Pusser is disgusted to find that its teenaged occupants (two of them dead, two blinded for life) are stoned out of their minds on bad bootleg hooch. Bypassing due process and other such legal niceties, Pusser goes on a one-man rampage of destruction in order to square accounts with the evil disco owner-cum-moonshiner responsible for the tragedy. Making things difficult is the fact that one of the villains of the piece is also one of Buford's oldest pals. A Real American Hero made its CBS debut on December 9, 1978. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Directed By
- Leon Ichaso, Lou Antonio
- Genres
- Drama, Action & Adventure
G,
- On DVD
- Jan 27, 2004
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Cast
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Brian Dennehy
as Buford Pusser
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Lane Bradbury
as Debbie Pride
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Charlie Briggs
as Miles Conway
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Ed Call
as Grady Coker
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Brad Davis
as Mick Rogers
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Brian Kerwin
as Til Johnson
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Sheree North
as Carrie Todd
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Forrest Tucker
as Carl Pusser
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Ken Howard
as Danny Boy Mitchell
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Elizabeth Lane
as Sabrina Marlowe
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W.O. Smith
as Obra Eaker
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Julie Thrasher
as Dwana Pusser
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Jason Hood
as Mike Pusser
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Ann Street
as Grandma Pusser
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George Boyd
as Lloyd Tatum
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Maureen Burns
as Amelia Biggins
- Aaron Meeks
- Amani Gethers
- Antonio Fargas
- Beverly Todd
- Brian Leckner
- Brian Reddy
- Casey Biggs
- Clarence Williams III
- David Ramsey
- Earl Boen
- Joe Lala
- Joe Morton
- Khalil Kain
- Marc Coddette
- Martin Ferrero
- Ray Baker
- Sterling Macer Jr.
- Vondie Curtis-Hall
- Yvonna Kopacz
