Lawman Without a Gun | |
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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 |
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]
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]