I Walk the Line

Sheriff Tawes walks the line between duty and desire, between law and violence, between honor and shame

Nov 18, 1970 1h 37m

5.8

43 votes

Drama

Synopsis

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.

Title	I Walk the Line
Companies	Atticus, John Frankenheimer Productions Inc., Edward Lewis Productions, Halcyon Productions, Columbia Pictures
Countries	United States of America
Keywords	small town, based on novel or book, forbidden love, love, decadence, southern, distillery, zealous, nubile woman, prevarication, spoilt marriage