follow up to 1973 walk tall continue the real life drama surround tennessee sheriff buford pusser and but this installment play like a lame tv movie . bo svenson take over the lead role from joe don baker and but he much too mild for the part while he come off like an ambling country singer with a bat instead of a guitar . good support actor like richard jaekel and luke askew and robert doqui end up with very little to do . i would give the film one star strictly on it good intention and but the screenplay be a transparent and lazy mass of routine predicament and the production be cheapjack . follow in 1977 by final chapter walk tall and in 1978 by the television film a real american hero .