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I Walk the Line (1970)

PG-1311/18/1970Drama1h 37m
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Sheriff Tawes walks the line between duty and desire, between law and violence, between honor and shame

Overview

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.

Top Billed Cast

  1. Cast 1

    Gregory Peck

    Sheriff Henry Tawes

  2. Cast 1

    Tuesday Weld

    Alma McCain

  3. Cast 1

    Estelle Parsons

    Ellen Haney

  4. Cast 1

    Ralph Meeker

    Carl McCain

  5. Cast 1

    Charles Durning

    Wylie Hunnicutt

  6. Jeff Dalton

    Clay McCain

  7. Freddie McCloud

    Buddy McCain

  8. Cast 1

    Jane Rose

    Elsie

  9. J.C. Evans

    Grandpa Tawes

_**How a man becomes a loaf of bread**_ Not to be confused with the 2005 biopic of Johnny Cash (although the soundtrack features several Cash songs), "I Walk the Line" (1970) stars Gregory Peck as a taciturn Appalachian sheriff who suffers a mid-life crisis and falls for some pretty young thang (Tuesday Weld), the daughter of a generational moonshiner. The sheriff turns a blind eye and everything's fine, but for how long? You can't go wrong with Gregory Peck. Although I've only seen about a dozen of his movies over the years he's always been an unvoiced favorite of mine. He's tall, (seem...