Walking Tall
“The measure of a man is how tall he walks.”
Ex-wrestler and Tennessee Sheriff Buford Pusser walks tall and carries a big stick as he tussles with county-wide corruption and moonshining thugs.
Genres
Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Studio
Bing Crosby Productions
Language
en
Status
Released
How Walking Tall performed
Budget
$500,000
Worldwide Gross
$40.0M
Gross Profit
$39.5M
Return
80.0× budget
Opening Wknd (est.)
$5M
Source: TMDB. Domestic/international split (~35/65, genre-typical) and the opening-weekend figure (38% of the domestic run, typical for Action) are MoviesRankd estimates. Profit is gross revenue minus production budget and excludes marketing — studios typically need ~2–2.5× budget to break even.
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Cast
Buford Pusser
Joe Don Baker
Buford Pusser
Pauline
Elizabeth Hartman
Pauline
Sheriff Al Thurman
Gene Evans
Sheriff Al Thurman
Carl Pusser
Noah Beery Jr.
Carl Pusser
Luan Paxton
Brenda Benet
Luan Paxton
Prentiss Parley
John Brascia
Prentiss Parley
Grady Coker
Bruce Glover
Grady Coker
Buel Jaggers
Arch Johnson
Buel Jaggers
Obra Eaker
Felton Perry
Obra Eaker
Arno Purdy
Richard X. Slattery
Arno Purdy
Callie Hacker
Rosemary Murphy
Callie Hacker
Margie Ann
Lynn Borden
Margie Ann
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