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Directed by | Earl Bellamy |
Produced by | Charles A. Pratt |
Written by | Howard B. Kreitsek |
Starring |
Bo Svenson Luke Askew John Davis Chandler Robert DoQui |
Music by | Walter Scharf |
Cinematography | Keith C. Smith |
Edited by | Art Seid |
Distributed by | American International Pictures |
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Running time
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109 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Box office | $11,000,000 |
Walking Tall Part 2 is the 1975 sequel to the crime/action film, Walking Tall. Walking Tall Part 2 was directed by Earl Bellamy, and produced by Charles A. Pratt. the film starred Bo Svenson as Buford Pusser, replacing Joe Don Baker who played Pusser in the first Walking Tall film. The on-screen title of the movie is Part 2 Walking Tall: The Legend of Buford Pusser. The film would be followed in 1977 by Walking Tall: Final Chapter, also starring Svenson.
Sheriff Buford Pusser continues his one-man war against moonshiners and a ruthless crime syndicate after the murder of his wife in late 1960's Tennessee.
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, Final Chapter.