Lawman Without a Gun
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GenreDrama
Written byJerrold Freedman
Directed byJerrold Freedman
| Lawman Without a Gun | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Drama |
| Written by | Jerrold Freedman |
| Directed by | Jerrold Freedman |
| Starring | Louis Gossett Jr. Clu Gulager Mary Alice Barry Brown |
| Music by | Fred Karlin |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| Production | |
| Executive producer | Abby Mann |
| Producer | Harry R. Sherman |
| Production location | Kentucky |
| Cinematography | Tak Fujimoto |
| Editor | John F. Link |
| Running time | 90 minutes |
| Production companies | EMI Television Roger Gimbel Productions |
| Original release | |
| Network | BBC |
| Release | December 4, 1978 |
Lawman Without a Gun (also known as This Man Stands Alone) is a 1978 American made-for-television drama film starring Louis Gossett Jr., written and directed by Jerrold Freedman.[1] It premiered on the BBC on December 4, 1978.[2] It was later shown on American television on NBC on May 30, 1979.[3]
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.[4] He died in 2015.[5]
