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Murder in Coweta County (film)






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Murder in Coweta County
GenreCrime drama
Based onMurder in Coweta County byMargaret Anne Barnes
Screenplay byDennis Nemec
Directed byGary Nelson
StarringJohnny Cash
Andy Griffith
Earl Hindman
Music byBrad Fiedel
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
Production
Executive producersMichael Lepiner and Lloyd Adams
ProducersMichael Lepiner and Dick Atkins
CinematographyLarry Pizer
EditorEric Albertson
Running time1 hour 40 minutes
Production companyCBS
Original release
ReleaseFebruary 15, 1983 (1983-02-15)

Murder in Coweta County is a 1983 American made-for-television drama film starring Johnny Cash and Andy Griffith.[1] It originally aired on February 15, 1983 on CBS.[1] It is based on actual events of a murder in Coweta County in April 1948 committed in Coweta County in the U.S. stateofGeorgia.[2]

Plot

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The film centres around two main characters, Sheriff Lamar Potts of Coweta County, Georgia, and John Wallace of Meriwether County, Georgia, who rules a vast estate known as "The Kingdom".[3]

Wilson Turner, a poor white tenant sharecropper, was dismissed by Wallace, even though he was given permission to do the liquor run. He was forced to leave his home, with his wife and child, and was unable to harvest his crops on his farm.[3] In revenge, Turner decided to steal one of Wallace's prized Guernsey cows. He was captured in a neighboring county and brought back to Meriwether County to face Wallace.[3]

Turner was inexplicably released from jail due to a 'lack of evidence' by Sheriff Hardy Collier.[3] Wallace and three of his men were waiting for him outside the jail, and at that stage Turner knew that it was a stitch up.[3] He got into his truck and tried to escape, Wallace and his gang chased him on the pretext that Turner was an escaped prisoner.[3] In the pursuit they had crossed the county line into Coweta County. Turner is forced to stop because he ran out of gasoline. Wallace then kills Turner by pistol-whipping him.[3] Sheriff Potts then pursues Wallace and his gang to obtain justice for Turner,[3] but needs to gather enough evidence to prove his case.[4]

Cast

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  • Andy Griffith as John Wallace
  • Earl Hindman as J.H. Potts
  • Ed Van Nuys as Huddleston
  • Robert Schenkkan as Wilson Turner
  • Jo Henderson as Josephine Wallace
  • Daniel Keyes as Elzie Hancock
  • Danny Nelson as Sheriff Hardy Collier
  • Norman Matlock as Albert Brooks
  • Brent Jennings as Robert Lee Gates
  • June Carter CashasMayhayley Lancaster
  • James Neal as A.L. Henson
  • J. Don Ferguson as Jim Hillin

    • References

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    1. ^ a b "Murder in Coweta County, executive producers, Micheal Lepner and Lloyd Adams; directed by Gary Nelson, (videorecording)" (To access, click on PDF for the second entry for 21 May 2004 (New director appointed)). Greater Clarks Hill Regional Library System. Retrieved 5 June 2021.
  • ^ "'Murder in Coweta County' discussed by descendants 70 years later". Newnan Times-Herald. 22 July 2018. Retrieved 29 November 2022.
  • ^ a b c d e f g h Knowles, H.J.; Altschuler, B.E.; Schildkraut, J. (2019). Lights, Camera, Execution!: Cinematic Portrayals of Capital Punishment. Politics, Literature, & Film. Lexington Books. p. 18. ISBN 978-1-4985-7967-4. Retrieved 2022-11-30.
  • ^ "Murder in Coweta County (1983)". allmovie.com. Retrieved 1 December 2022.

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