Walking Tall Part II

Plot synopsis:
Part 2 opens with Buford Pusser's two main deputies, Obra Eaker (Robert DoQui) and Grady Coker (Bruce Glover), as well as Buford's father and some of the town's citizens all wondering if Buford will seek re-election. Obra and Grady both state that there is no way Buford resigns until he either convicts or kills everyone who was involved in the ambush that led to his wife Pauline's death (in the previous movie). Buford's mother (Lurene Tuttle) and his children visit Buford who is still in the hospital recovering from plastic surgery that was needed to restore his face. Buford's mother asks him about re-election and confesses that she wishes he would retire. "There ain't no shame in quitting, Buford," she tells him. To which he replies, "I know , Mama."Buford is re-elected and his first order of business is to bust up a still operating on the banks of the river. Buford and his deputies surprise the moonshiners and round them all up, except for Pinky Dobson (Luke Askew) who gets away in a boat. Mob boss John Witter (Logan Ramsey) is angry when Dobson brings Ray Henry (John Davis Chandler) to a meeting at his mansion. Witter makes Ray Henry wait in another room while he and Dobson talk about what to do about Buford. Witter grumbles about how Buford has cost him a lot of money by shutting down his prostitution and gambling operations. He puts pressure on Dobson to take Buford out. Dobson promises he will.Dobson goes to a race to talk to a driver named Stud Pardee (Richard Jaeckel) about helping him to get rid of Buford. Pardee strips two of Buford's lug bolts on his Impala and then entices Buford into a high-speed car chase. Buford's wheel does come off during the chase but he survives unhurt. Meanwhile, the only participant in the ambush that Buford recognized from police photos turns up with a bullet in his head. Witter brings in a beautiful woman named Marganne Stilson (Angel Tompkins) to win Buford's confidence and eventually kill him. "Take a week," he tells Stilson. "Take two weeks. Just don't press to hard or he'll be on to you. This man is no dummy."An investigation reveals that the only blue and white Camaro in the county is owned by Stud Pardee. Buford gets a warrant, tracks down Pardee and proceeds to destroy his prized car while looking for contrabands. After tearing apart the door panels, having Obra cut open his tires which costs $300 a piece and knocking out all the windows, Buford finds a pint of whiskey under Pardee's seat. Buford offers Pardee a drink. Pardees declines. Buford tells him, "You look like you could use a drink." Pardee takes the bottle and tries to drink it all down. Buford stops him, telling him, "I need the rest of this for evidence." Pardee tells Buford, "You know you have a hell of a lot of enemies around here." Buford informs Pardee that his car is impounded and will be sold at an auction.Next Buford busts up a still operation that uses the Falcon Baptist Church as a cover. One of the moonshiners takes off running when accosted by Buford and his squad. Buford chases the man through the woods eventually catching him. The man asks Buford why he is has time to bother "us poor blacks" Buford tells him, "Same as everyone else." To which the man replies, "Same as that big horse ranch on the hill?" He says Buford looks the other way because A.C. Hand (Archie Grinalds) is a friend of his father's. Buford tells Obra to swear out a warrant for A. C. Hand because "I don't want there to be any misunderstanding from anyone." Buford raids Hand's place and tells him he's going to be facing time in the penitentiary. Buford's father (Noah Beery, Jr.) is understandably upset. A.C. Hand is his oldest and dearest friend "since before I ever even went to school." Buford reminds his father that he is after the man at the top because he "destroyed my family."While Obra is in the middle of telling Buford that his uncle spotted a "new cooking operation down on the Hatchie River," Marganne Stilson, posing as a graduate student from Ole Miss, tries to get Buford to show her around. Buford declines because he is in the middle of something important. Stilson says she will hold Buford to his promise to show her around at a later date. Witter himself makes advances at Stilson but she quickly informs him that he cannot afford her. Buford is informed that the fancy speed-boat has been spotted again, coming into McNairy County. Buford sets up a "sting" operation, but as he is leaving his house he discovers a bomb planted under his hood by Ray Henry. Buford radios Obra and Grady to tell that that he has a "little mechanical problem." He reminds them that it is "the man in the boat that you are after." Grady inadvertently trips an alarm wire while the deputies are moving in on the still and Pinky Dobson again escapes in his speed-boat.Buford had made a secret deal with a local car dealer named Floyd Tate to get a new undercover police car every four to six weeks. Tate calls one day to tell Buford his new car is ready. Buford lets Obra talk him into going to exchange the cars for him. Since it's his day off, Obra explained, it wouldn't cost the county anything. Buford is hesitant at first, but Obra finally convinces him. Obra is driving 100 mph in Buford's car when he discovers the brakes are out, and the steering has been tampered with. Obra dies in a head-on collision. At the funeral, Buford tells Obra's parents that Obra died in his place because his car had been tampered with.Buford makes a deal with Sheriff Tanner (Red West) in Alcorn County, Mississippi to finally nail Pardee. Buford offers to show Stilson around. They get in Buford's car. Stilson claims to have left a map with all the places she is interested in seeing in the cottage she has rented by the lake. Buford says no problem and offers to take her there. Two snipers are waiting for him in a boat. Stilson suggests a picnic. Buford says it may be a little chilly for a picnic. Buford and Stilson go inside her cottage where Buford informs her that there is no student registered at Ole Miss named Stilson. He makes her go back outside with him and frightens off the snipers before telling Stilson to let Dobson know that he is wise to their plans.The Sheriff Tanner pursues Pardee back across the state line. Buford takes up the chase. Pardee is driving his new Corvette convertible. Pardee manages to go around a road-block set up by the deputies but later crashes and his trapped in his overturned car. Buford gets Pardee to confess that it was Pinky Dobson who paid him. Buford helps free Pardee before his car explodes. Dobson once again flees in his boat when his still is raided. This time, however, they are ready for him. Mr. Pusser has supervised a blockade of logs strung across the river. Buford tells Dobson to surrender. Dobson ignores him and ultimately is up-ended when he hits the barricade.Ray Henry purchases a machine gun and 1,000 rounds of ammo. Buford learns from an FBI agent that Ray Henry was Dobson's cell-mate for three-and-a-half years and that they were both seen in the vicinity the night Buford and his wife were ambushed. Dobson is in the hospital but escapes with the help of his girlfriend, Ruby Ann(Brooke Mills). Buford and an FBI agent pursue Dobson and Ruby Ann in an off-road car chase. Buford shoots Dobson. Ruby Ann tells Buford where Ray Henry is and when Dobson tells her to shut up, she says she is not afraid of Witter like Dobson and Ray Henry both are.Buford and his men go to the boarding-house where Ray Henry is living. Buford is wounded but kills Ray Henry. As he is getting into an ambulance, Buford asks Grady if he remembers a man from Nashville shaking his hand right after he was elected sheriff. Grady asks, "What man?" Buford answers "A fat man, named Witter - I almost forgot about him"... which sets the stage up for Walking Tall: The Final Chapter.

Tags: revenge, murder, violence

Review:
Walking Tall.
I first watched the Walking Tall movies when I was about 8 years old and I thought both Joe Don Baker and Bo Svenson did a great job, they must have anyway because since watching the movies, I have tried to learn as much about the real Sheriff Buford Pusser as I can.
All 3 parts of the movie gave me chills and Buford Pusser was a true hero, I only wish he were alive today and that there were more people like him.
I would love to thank him for getting rid of all the crime and being so brave.
I am very sorry that his family had to go through such horror and pain.
My heart goes out to them.
So from a 30 year old fan of Sheriff Pusser and of the 3-part Walking Tall movies and the actors that portrayed him, please do not be negative about these movies and actors, they were only trying to let us know what a wonderful man the real Buford Pusser was and what a great family he had.
And to all the young people who may have not heard much about Buford, I suggest you watch the Walking Tall movies and learn more about him..
Shocking: and A Great Story.
This was the first "Walking Tall" movie I saw, I think in a $2 movie theater along Hollywood Blvd.
, so I didn't have any reference to the first installment done by Joe Don Baker.
I remember being shocked at the corrupted system of McNairy County and the brutality of the "redneck gangs".
I was also amazed at the fact that one man decided he's not going to let it slide, and went out to do something about it.
Courageous ?
I thought so - to a point where it sent shivers up my spine.I think this movie is a great story about American courage to stand up and do something about a system that's only serving its own interest.
I was pretty blown away about it, and think this is still one of the best movie of the hero/anti-hero genre, which one might laugh but includes recent movies like the "The Punisher", but even more so because it's a true story.
The recent remake starring the "Rock" just doesn't do any justice to the real fire in the story of Buford Pusser.A "classic" that I'm sure will resurface again in the future..
I want you to be sure to finish telling my story.
Walking Tall Part II is a worthy follow up to the original Walking Tall.
Bo Svenson carries the big stick and he does so with a lot of authority.
Of course since this is Hollywood they can't get the facts right so they hollywoodize it.
the story is Buford is on the rampage looking for the People behind Pauline's death.
Those people are starting to get scared.
And they send an assassin out to finish the job.
In the End Buford gets his information foils the assassin and finds the spy in his office.
Not a bad movie as far as movies go.
But this one was mostly a fictionalized account of Buford Pusser's life.
Having read everything on Buford Pusser that I could get my hands on.
I find the films are a great way to tell Buford's Legend.
Worthwhile film.
And A good solid story that'll keep you in your seat..
Pallid sequel.
Follow-up to 1973's "Walking Tall" continues the real-life drama surrounding Tennessee sheriff Buford Pusser, but this installment plays like a lame TV-movie.
Bo Svenson takes over the lead role from Joe Don Baker, but he's much too mild for the part; he comes off like an ambling country singer with a bat instead of a guitar.
Good supporting actors like Richard Jaekel, Luke Askew and Robert DoQui end up with very little to do.
I would give the film one-star strictly on its good intentions, but the screenplay is a transparent and lazy mass of routine predicaments and the production is cheapjack.
Followed in 1977 by "Final Chapter-Walking Tall" and in 1978 by the television film "A Real American Hero"..
The Second in the Buford Pusser story.
This picture came out in 1975 and it was the second in the three part series of the life of Sheriff Buford Pusser.
Bo Svenson takes over the role of Sheriff Buford Pusser, and Luke Askew plays the role of Mobster Pinky Dobson.
The last that we saw Sheriff Pusser he was laying in a hospital bed after him and his wife who was killed in ambushed Sunday morning drive.
After Pusser recovers he goes after the men that killed his wife.
Is Pusser able to complete the revenge that he's after or does the mob try to take him out before he successes.
The only thing that bother me about this picture that this was an actual true story.
How could you leave in a town with this kind of crime and yet don't do anything about it.
Since there was real no name actress in this picture I can't give it 10 weasel stars but I can give 8.
The stick loses a little luster.
This sequel to the 1973 picture of the same name but doesn't match up to the original.
Bo Svenson stars this time as the big stick wielding southern Sheriff.
The film takes up where the 73 film leaves off.
Pusser is already well known around his parts and continues his war against the state line mob.
Had this one been made with Joe Don Baker in the lead role it might have been better.
Had Bo Svenson been in the original, likewise.At times it drifts to the point that it resembles the adventures of a TV hero and not the exploits of a real person..
How can they from Joe Don Baker (as Bufford Pusser in the first sequel) to Bo Svenson (as Bufford Pusser in the second sequel).Why did they do that for.Just Because Bo Svenon look more a like to Bufford Pusser they still should'nt of changed it because the first sequel it was Joe Don Baker as Bufford Pusser and that one of the thing i wanted to see in the second sequel.I would've given this movie a 7 out of 10 and i would've given it a 1 out of 10 if the story did'nt have anything to do with Bufford Pusser's life but it did and that why i had given this movie a 3 out 10.I strongly suggest that anyone who is planning on watching this cheese i suggest don't and watch the first sequel instead..
Enjoyable yahoo fare..
The exploits of real-life Tennessee sheriff Buford Pusser continue in this sequel to the hit film "Walking Tall".
Bo Svenson now takes on the role; and while he may not be as good an actor as Joe Don Baker, he does alright at playing the take-charge, no-nonsense lawman, who finally gets out of the hospital after being ambushed near the end of the first film.
He tries to go about his business while the bigshot criminals whom he pursued the first time around are now hellbent on getting back at him.There are some good action sequences in this thing, such as one involving a runaway car and chase scenes on the river.
Director Earl Bellamy does a decent job with the direction.
One highlight is when Buford and his deputies, played by returnee Bruce Glover and Robert DoQui (who replaces Felton Perry as Obra) take apart the car of a racer (Richard Jaeckel) who doubles as a hired goon.
The movie overall is fun if not as memorable as "Walking Tall" part one.
At least one should be able to root for Buford and enjoy hating the bad guys.Svenson is ably supported by a bunch of familiar faces.
Glover and DoQui are very engaging as the deputies.
Other holdovers from the first film include Noah Beery Jr. and Lurene Tuttle as Bufords' parents, real-life siblings Leif Garrett and Dawn Lyn as his children, Red West as the helpful Sheriff Tanner, and Logan Ramsey as cranky big time criminal John Witter.
Co-starring are the always reliable Luke Askew, a typically creepy John Davis Chandler, and a lively Frank McRae. Supremely sexy Brooke Mills and Angel Tompkins provide plenty of eye candy.All in all, this first "Walking Tall" sequel is solid entertainment, although it's sobering to hear the postscript at the end.Seven out of 10..
No suspense!
A weak thriller indeed!.
This second film is just as interesting as the previous one except that there is no suspense.
We know what he is going to do and what is going to happen before it is even hinted at on the screen.
Then the pleasure comes only from the way the various tricks happen and the succession of them.
We know there will be dynamite in the car, that he will lose a wheel, that the car will have a crash, just to speak of the car.
And that is what happens.
And that is what happens.
And that is what happens.
Now the details and the particulars are for you to discover them in the film.
That he may be baited by some dumb woman is obvious and has to come but we know that he has already seen through her and that he knows he is being dragged into a trap.
Now, how is he going to get out of it?
That's what you must discover by yourself.
And don't worry he will get the main trafficker but how is another story.
A speed boat is no match to our busy beaver on the river.
We also know when he is going to be wounded.
They did not know what bullet-proof jackets were in those days.
It's true recently it was discovered that some GIs did not have that kind of equipment in Iraq.
But what is the meaning of such a film?
This insistence on hunting the traffickers and this blindness that does not see that it is the prohibition that creates the problem.
But the film is a constant and perfect illustration that there is no value what so ever that can stand in the way of this moralistic crusade against the forces of evil.
Why not simply legalize these goods so that they can be properly observed and under surveillance?
When something is not illegal or pushed out of the way it is all the less fun to use them, to do them.
It is the forbidden or the restricted that is attractive.Dr Jacques COULARDEAU, University Paris Dauphine, University Paris 1 Pantheon Sorbonne & University Versailles Saint Quentin en Yvelines.
Acceptable sequel.
Tough take-charge lawman Buford Pusser (Bo Svenson ably filling in for Joe Don Baker) gets reelected as sheriff and continues to go after moonshiners as well as the folks who killed his wife.Director Earl Bellamy keeps the familiar, but engrossing story moving along at a steady pace, makes nice use of the rural Tennessee locations, and stages several exciting action scenes with a reasonable amount of skill.
The strong cast of dependable character actors helps a lot: Luke Askew as no-count ringleader Pinky Dobson, John Davis Chandler as sniveling creep Ray Henry, Robert DoQui as feisty deputy Obra Eaker, Bruce Glover as the loyal Grady Coker, Richard Jaeckel as corrupt stock car driver Stud Pudee, and Logan Ramsey as slimy toad John Witter.
Brooke Mills as sassy moll Ruby Ann and Angel Tompkins as sultry femme fatale Marganne Stilson provide tasty eye candy while Libby Boone amuses as smitten receptionist Joan Lashley.
However, this PG-rated film lacks the hard gritty edge and raw power of the R-rated original, so it doesn't pack the same fierce punch to the gut that the first one did.
Instead this movie feels like it was sanitized to appeal to a bigger family audience, but still manages to be entertaining enough to be worth a watch just the same.