The sheriff
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | The sheriff |
| Original title | I walk the line |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1970 |
| length | 97 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 16 |
| Rod | |
| Director | John Frankenheimer |
| script | Alvin Sargent |
| production | Harold D. Cohen |
| music | Johnny Cash |
| camera | David M. Walsh |
| cut | Henry Berman |
| occupation | |
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The Sheriff (original title: I Walk the Line ) is an American drama film directed by John Frankenheimer from 1970. The main roles are played by Gregory Peck and Tuesday Weld . The script is based on Madison Jones' novel An Exile .
action
Henry Tawes is the sheriff of the small town of Sutton in the US state of Tennessee . While chasing a pickup truck, he meets siblings Buddy and Alma McCain, both teenagers. Alma later walks into his office and explains that another brother, Clay, left her behind. When Tawes wants to drive the girl home, she seduces him.
Tawes is bored with his wife, Ellen-Haney. When Alma's father, Carl, who smuggles alcohol, demands Tawes' support, Alma and him begin a passionate affair. The FBI sends agent Bascomb to Sutton to break the smuggling ring surrounding McCain. Tawes' Deputy Hunnicutt suspects that his supervisor is having a prohibited affair. In his research, he pursues Alma, attacks her and is killed by Alma's family. Tawes makes the body disappear and wants to leave for California with Alma. Back in town, Tawes notices that the McCains have fled. He pursues the fugitives and can catch them. But now Alma doesn't want to go away with him anymore. She knocks him down with a hook and leaves him wounded on the highway.
background
The Columbia Pictures production had a budget of approximately four million US dollars. The film was shot in Gainesboro, Tennessee, USA . Tuesday Weld, who plays a teenager, was 27 years old at the time of filming.
First of all, the original film should be called September Country . He got the title I Walk the Line through Johnny Cash, who re-recorded his 1956 hit for the film. The Sheriff premiered in the United States on November 18, 1970. It was released in German cinemas on February 4, 1971.
Reviews
The lexicon of international film judged: “A ballad-like film that lets bourgeois values and norms appear in a shady shine; Although it does not match the quality of Frankenheimer's earlier works, it is fascinating because of the photographic aesthetics and the music, which is as accusatory as it is harmonizing. "
Variety wrote that the film had an authentic, dark and brave atmosphere. Cash's ballads supported the film incredibly soulfully. Tony Mastroianni of the Cleveland Press, however, found the film too shallow. Frankenheimer makes either masterpieces or failures, this film is one of the failures.
Web links
- The sheriff in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- The sheriff at Turner Classic Movies (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ See Business on imdb.com
- ↑ The sheriff. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed June 2, 2019 .
- ↑ See I Walk the Line . In: Variety . 1970.
- ↑ Tony Mastroianni: Peck takes too long to become a bad boy . In: Cleveland Press. November 13, 1970.