It can be difficult, in 2025, to grasp how massively famous Buford Pusser was. The Tennessee sheriff—who made a national name for himself in the 1960s by very publicly fighting with organized crime ...
Walking Tall is a 1973 American action semi-biopic film of Sheriff Buford Pusser, a former professional wrestler-turned-lawman in McNairy County, Tennessee. It starred Joe Don Baker as Pusser. The ...
Pauline Pusser was the wife of a sheriff, so her chores were a bit unusual. She cooked meals for prisoners and cleaned the jailhouse between raising her children and sending Christmas cards. But on ...