Walking Tall Part 2
| Walking Tall Part 2 | |
|---|---|
 Theatrical release poster | |
| Directed by | Earl Bellamy |
| Written by | Howard B. Kreitsek |
| Produced by | Charles A. Pratt |
| Starring | Bo Svenson Richard Jaeckel Bruce Glover Robert DoQui Noah Beery |
| Cinematography | Keith C. Smith |
| Edited by | Art Seid |
| Music by | Walter Scharf |
Production companies | |
| Distributed by | American International Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 109 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $11,000,000[2] or $9.4 million[3] |
Walking Tall Part 2 is the 1975 sequel to the crime/action film, Walking Tall. Directed by Earl Bellamy and produced by Charles A. Pratt, the film stars Bo Svenson as Buford Pusser, replacing Joe Don Baker who played Pusser in the first Walking Tall film. The on-screen title of the film is Part 2 Walking Tall: The Legend of Buford Pusser. The film was followed in 1977 by Walking Tall: Final Chapter, also starring Svenson.
In August 2025, contrary to the story of Buford Pusser as depicted in the film, the real life Buford Pusser was implicated by the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation in the 1967 murder of his wife Pauline.[4][5][6]
Plot
[edit | edit source]Sheriff Buford Pusser continues his one-man war against moonshiners and a ruthless crime syndicate after the murder of his wife in late 1960s Tennessee.
Cast
[edit | edit source]- Bo Svenson: Buford Pusser
- Luke Askew: Pinky Dobson
- John Davis Chandler: Ray Henry
- Robert DoQui: Obra Eaker
- Leif Garrett: Mike Pusser
- Bruce Glover: Grady Coker
- Dawn Lyn: Dwana Pusser
- Brooke Mills: Ruby Ann
- Logan Ramsey: John Witter
- Lurene Tuttle: Grandma Helen Pusser
- Angel Tompkins: Marganne Stilson
- Noah Beery Jr.: Carl Pusser
- Richard Jaeckel: Stud Pardee
- Archie Grinalds: A.C. Hand
- Allen Mullikin: Floyd Tate
- Frank McRae: Steamer Riley
- Red West: Sheriff Tanner
Behind the scenes
[edit | edit source]Joe Don Baker, who played Buford Pusser in the first film, declined to reprise his role; Pusser himself had agreed to take his own role, but he died in an automobile accident before filming began. His death is discussed at the end of the movie. The police report is shown. Pusser's death would be further elaborated in the next sequel, Walking Tall: Final Chapter.
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External links
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- Walking Tall Part 2 at the TCM Movie Database
- BFI | Film & TV Database | Part 2, Walking Tall (1975)
- 1975 films
- Walking Tall (films)
- 1975 crime drama films
- American crime drama films
- American International Pictures films
- American sequel films
- American police detective films
- Films directed by Earl Bellamy
- Films scored by Walter Scharf
- Films set in Tennessee
- Films shot in Tennessee
- McNairy County, Tennessee
- 1970s English-language films
- 1970s American films
- English-language crime drama films
- Cinerama Releasing Corporation films