Lawman Without a Gun

Lawman Without a Gun
Genre	Drama
Written by	Jerrold Freedman
Directed by	Jerrold Freedman
Starring	Louis Gossett Jr. Clu Gulager Mary Alice Barry Brown
Music by	Fred Karlin
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
Production
Executive producer	Abby Mann
Producer	Harry R. Sherman
Production location	Kentucky
Cinematography	Tak Fujimoto
Editor	John F. Link
Running time	90 minutes
Production companies	EMI Television Roger Gimbel Productions
Original release
Network	BBC
Release	December 4, 1978 (1978-12-04)

Lawman Without a Gun (also known as This Man Stands Alone) is a 1978 American made-for-television drama film starring Louis Gossett Jr., written and directed by Jerrold Freedman.[1] It premiered on the BBC on December 4, 1978.[2] It was later shown on American television on NBC on May 30, 1979.[3]

Plot

A black man runs for the position of sheriff in a small town. This movie is about Dr. Rev. Thomas Earl Gilmore Sr. Raised in Forkland, Alabama and known as the "sheriff without a gun," he became the first black sheriff of Greene County and the second black sheriff in the state of Alabama.[4] He died in 2015.[5]

Cast

• Louis Gossett Jr. as Tom Hayward
• Clu Gulager as Marvin Tayman
• Mary Alice as Minnie Hayward
• Barry Brown as Fred Tayman
• Barton Heyman as George Tayman
• James McEachin as Harris McIntyre
• Lonny Chapman as Sheriff Harvey Johnson
• Andy Griffith as Sheriff Andy Taylor cameo

References

1. Smith, Cecil (October 12, 1977). "The Taming of Hatter Fox". Los Angeles Times. p. g18.
2. "Schedule 1978-12-04". BBC Programme Index. Retrieved December 9, 2024.
3. Glenn, Ray (May 2, 1979). "Will NBC-TV Ever Show 'Our' Film?". Kentucky New Era. p. 23. Retrieved December 9, 2024.
4. "Stanford". Stanford Libraries. Stanford University. Retrieved March 5, 2021.
5. "Obituary". Roberts Funeral Services. Retrieved March 5, 2021.

External links

• Lawman Without a Gun at IMDb
• Lawman Without a Gun at the British Film Institute^[better source needed]