Murder in Coweta County
DramaTV MovieCrime
6.9/10
|US
|en
|100 min
Release Date: 1983-02-15
Overview - 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.
Production Companies
Telecom Entertainment Inc.The International Picture Show Company
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Wuchak
7/10
**_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). “Murder in Coweta County” (1983) is a well-done period piece based on the true story, also called “La...
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