Henry Tawes, a middle-aged sheriff in a rural Tennessee town, is usually the first man to criticize others for their bad behavior. Miserable in his marriage, Henry falls in love with teenage seductress Alma, who is the daughter of local criminal and moonshiner Carl McCain. Henry's moral character comes further into question when he is tempted to conceal Carl's crimes in order to prolong his relationship with Alma.

Gregory Peck
as Sheriff Henry Tawes

Tuesday Weld
as Alma McCain

Estelle Parsons
as Ellen Haney

Ralph Meeker
as Carl McCain

Charles Durning
as Wylie Hunnicutt

Jeff Dalton
as Clay McCain

Freddie McCloud
as Buddy McCain

Jane Rose
as Elsie

J.C. Evans
as Grandpa Tawes

Margaret A. Morris
as Sybil Tawes
Wuchak
_**How a man becomes a loaf of bread**_ Not to be confused with the 2005 biopic of Johnny Cash (although the soundtrack features several Cash songs), "I Walk the Line" (1970) stars Gregory Peck as a taciturn Appalachian sheriff who suffers a mid-life crisis and falls for some pretty young thang (...