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Released
1970 · FILM

I Walk the Line

Sheriff Tawes walks the line between duty and desire, between law and violence, between honor and shame

Runtime
97 min
Drama

Synopsis

Henry Tawes, a middle-aged sheriff in a rural Tennessee town, is usually the first man to criticize others for their bad behavior. Miserable in his marriage, Henry falls in love with teenage seductress Alma, who is the daughter of local criminal and moonshiner Carl McCain. Henry's moral character comes further into question when he is tempted to conceal Carl's crimes in order to prolong his relationship with Alma.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

Principal cast & crew: 17

These are the principals we have on file — the full crew ran to the hundreds. Every film this size was made by far more hands than any credits list ever names.

Why a floor?

This is a minimum, not a total. We only count the credits we’ve captured so far, and coverage is uneven — a blockbuster might show a few hundred names while another of the same size shows a couple dozen. The real crews all ran into the thousands. The number here only grows as full credits are enriched — so we frame it as a floor, never a headcount.

Craft leads on file

Edited by Henry BermanShot by David M WalshScored by Johnny Cash

Box Office

1970 · Box office

Produced on a $4.0M budget

Production budget

$4.0M

Also known as

  • Der Sheriffde
  • Yo vigilo el caminoes
  • Le Pays de la violencefr
  • Un uomo senza scampoit

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