<P> Walking Tall is a 1973 American action semi-biopic film of Sheriff Buford Pusser , a professional wrestler - turned - lawman in McNairy County , Tennessee . It starred Joe Don Baker as Pusser . The film was directed by Phil Karlson . Based on Pusser 's life , it was a combination of very loosely based fact and Hollywood revisionism . It has since become a well known cult classic with two direct sequels of its own , a TV movie , a brief TV series and a remake that had its own two sequels . </P>
<P> Walking Tall is a 1973 American action semi-biopic film of Sheriff Buford Pusser , a professional wrestler - turned - lawman in McNairy County , Tennessee . It starred Joe Don Baker as Pusser . The film was directed by Phil Karlson . Based on Pusser 's life , it was a combination of very loosely based fact and Hollywood revisionism . It has since become a well known cult classic with two direct sequels of its own , a TV movie , a brief TV series and a remake that had its own two sequels . </P>
who was the original actor in walking tall
who was the original actor in walking tall
Joe Don Baker
Joe Don Baker