Murder in Coweta County
1983Wallace a wealthy landowner in Meriwether County, Georgia, has virtually unlimited power in the county, including having the sheriff under his control. When he murders a share cropper he thinks that he is powerful enough to get away with it. Because the act of murder took place in Coweta County, it is under the jurisdiction of the Coweta County sheriff who hunts the murderer without trepidation.
Acted in
Johnny Cash
as Lamar Potts
Andy Griffith
as John Wallace
Earl Hindman
as J.H. Potts
Ed Van Nuys
as Huddleston
Robert Schenkkan
as Wilson Turner
Jo Henderson
as Josephine Wallace
Daniel Keyes
as Elzie Hancock
Danny Nelson
as Sheriff Hardy Collier
Norman Matlock
as Albert Brooks
Brent Jennings
as Robert Lee Gates
June Carter Cash
as Mayhayley Lancaster
James Neale
as A. L. Henson
Earl Poole Ball
as Steve Smith
Dan Biggers
as Judge Boykin
Marc Clement
as J.C. Otwell
Bill Crabb
as Strickland Cousin
Stuart Culpepper
as Tom Strickland
Charles Darden
as Gas Thief
Doug Dillingham
as Deputy #2
Bobby Dunn
as Liquor Runner
Clara Dunn
as Sally Lancaster
J. Don Ferguson
as Jim Hillin
Wilbur Fitzgerald
as Prosecutor
Harry George
as Mobley's Attorney
James Oliver Griffin
as Strickland's Attorney
Ellen Heard
as Mrs. Eula Baker
Harry Howell
as Sivell's Attorney
Hugh Jarrett
as Millard Rigsby
Rebecca Jernigan
as Irene
Ray Johnson
as Bailiff
Cindi Knight
as Julia Turner
Victor Langdon
as Deputy #1
Evan E. Lee
as Tommy Windham
Wallace Merck
as Sheriff Threadgill
Elijah Perry
as Herring Sevill
Larry Quackenbush
as Jury Foreman
Nolin Randolph
as Luther
Burt Slade
as Warden
Bea Swanson
as Vivian
Betty S. Talmage
as Geneva Yeager
Walter Wilder
as Woody
Wallace Wilkinson
as Woodsman
Don Young
as Minister