Lawman Without a Gun

1979 American TV series or program

Lawman Without a Gun (also known as This Man Stands Alone) is a 1979 American made-for-television drama film starring Louis Gossett Jr., written and directed by Jerrold Freedman.^[1]

Plot

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.^[2]He died in 2015.^[3]

Cast

• Louis Gossett Jr. as Tom Hayward
• Clu Gulager as Marvin Tayman
• Mary Alice as Minnie Hayward
• Barry Brown as Fred Tayman
• Barton Heyman as George Tayman
• James McEachin as Harris McIntyre
• Lonny Chapman as Sheriff Harvey Johnson
• Andy Griffith as Sheriff Andy Taylor cameo

References

1. The Taming of Hatter Fox Smith, Cecil. Los Angeles Times 12 Oct 1977: g18.
2. "Stanford". Stanford Libraries. Stanford University. Retrieved 5 March 2021.
3. "Obituary". Roberts Funeral Services. Retrieved 5 March 2021.

External links

• Lawman Without a Gun at IMDb
• Lawman Without a Gun at the British Film Institute^{[better source needed]}