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The ambush was featured in a 1973 movie called “Walking Tall.”
While he was already a local hero, Pusser's "war" on the State Line Mob was brought to national prominence when his wife, Pauline, was killed on August 12, 1967, during an assassination ambush intended for Pusser and instigated by Hathcock's common-law husband. Pusser named Kirksey Nix as the contractor of his wife's killers, although neither ...
Buford's friend, attorney Lloyd Tatum, tells Buford to be patient and let the TBI do their job. In New York City, Witter tells his boss that he will finally settle with Buford conclusively. The boss tells Witter he should accept that Pusser beat him and let it be at that. Because of Witter's mistakes, he is forced to cede 25% of his territory.
Authorities exhumed the body of Pauline Pusser, the wife of hard-charging McNairy County Sheriff Buford Pusser, 56 years after she was shot to death in an ambush presumably meant to kill her husband.
The Tennessean cited an Aug. 13, 1967, publication of its newspaper that says Pauline Pusser was killed and her husband was “seriously wounded in the jaw when Pusser’s prowl car was fired on ...
Walking Tall Part 2 is the 1975 sequel to the crime/action film, Walking Tall. Walking Tall Part 2 was directed by Earl Bellamy, and produced by Charles A. Pratt.The film stars Bo Svenson as Buford Pusser, replacing Joe Don Baker, who played Pusser in the first Walking Tall film.
Heather McAdam is an American actress.. McAdam's major acting projects have included the roles of Catherine "Cat" Margolis in the television series Sisters (1991–96), [1] Dwana Pusser in Walking Tall (1981), [2] and Michelle Ryan in Salvage 1 (1979).
The Aug. 13, 1967 edition of The Tennessean said Pusser was killed and her husband "seriously wounded in the jaw when Pusser's prowl car was fired on at dawn on a lonely country road."