Murder in Coweta County (1983)
"The Kingdom" a backwoods dynasty of moonshine and murder. This is the story of the man who ran it, and the man who crushed it.
Wallace 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.
- Date of release
- 1983-02-15
- TMDB
- 7.1 / 10 (13)
- Runtime
- 1h 40m
- Genres
- Drama, TV Movie, Crime
- Director
- Gary Nelson
Casting
- Johnny Cash — Lamar Potts
- Andy Griffith — John Wallace
- Earl Hindman — J.H. Potts
- Ed Van Nuys — Huddleston
- Robert Schenkkan — Wilson Turner
- Jo Henderson — Josephine Wallace
- Daniel Keyes — Elzie Hancock
- Danny Nelson — Sheriff Hardy Collier
- Norman Matlock — Albert Brooks
- Brent Jennings — Robert Lee Gates
- June Carter Cash — Mayhayley Lancaster
- James Neale — A. L. Henson
Interesting facts
Murder in Coweta County is a 1983 American made-for-television drama film starring Johnny Cash and Andy Griffith. It originally aired on February 15, 1983 on CBS. It is based on actual events of a murder in Coweta County in April 1948 committed in Coweta County in the U.S. state of Georgia.
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