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.

Johnny Cash
as Lamar Potts

Andy Griffith
as John Wallace

Earl Hindman
as J.H. Potts

Ed Van Nuys
as Huddleston

Robert Schenkkan
as Wilson Turner

Jo Henderson
as Josephine Wallace

Daniel Keyes
as Elzie Hancock

Danny Nelson
as Sheriff Hardy Collier

Norman Matlock
as Albert Brooks

Brent Jennings
as Robert Lee Gates
Wuchak
**_Crime drama set in Georgia of the late 40s with Andy Griffith and Johnny Cash_** In 1948, a wealthy landowner in Meriwether County (Griffith) controls the Sheriff and the citizens, but when he flaunts his power in neighboring Coweta County, the no-nonsense Sheriff comes after him (Cash). โ...