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Joe Don Baker and Elizabeth Hartman in Walking Tall (1973)

Gene Evans: Sheriff Al Thurman

Walking Tall

Gene Evans credited as playing...

Sheriff Al Thurman

Quotes5

  • Thurman: Hey, Buford - How'd ya like a nice plush job as my deputy? No presence required, JUST BRUTE ANIMAL FORCE!
  • Buford: I ain't that desperate.
  • Grandpa Carl Pusser: [to Sherrif Thurman] You better be rememberin' one thing before election time: the people of this county *give* you that badge, and they can damn well take it *away* from ya!
  • Thurman: Not like you to threaten a man, Carl.
  • Dr. Lamar Stivers: He doesn't speak only for *himself*, Al.
  • Thurman: [after patching up Buford] It must have been obvious... He was drunk, all liquered up.
  • Dr. Lamar Stivers: Not obvious at all... The only thing you should be concerned with is... Who did it to him.
  • Dwana: [Sheriff Thurman has just arrested Buford, and Dwana pushes him] My Daddy wouldn't hurt anybody!
  • Thurman: [to Pauline] Looks like violence runs in your family.
  • Thurman: [Sheriff Thurman is investigating Beaufort's stabbing] Pauline, did Beaufort mention where it happened?
  • Pauline Pusser: Someplace called the Lucky Spot... I'd laugh if it weren't so awful.

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