Cammie Wilson

I would say a certain amount of relief.

Everybody knew about Pusser.

He was brutal.

He would attack people.

And he was known as a violent person.

What was shocking was how much he was glorified in the movie.

At that time, that was...

In the county in Ohio where I was working, that was the most watched movie that they had ever had.

So one day my editor came back from lunch and came over to my desk and said, are you from...

the county near McNary County, Tennessee.

And I said, yes, I'm from Alcorn County, which is just over the line.

And he said, well, I just watched Walking Tall.

What do you think of that movie?

And I said, well, I think it's a fraud.

And he said, well, I thought it was too, so I'm going to send you down there, and I want you to do a story for us.

Sheriff Coleman ran on the slogan, if your son had to be arrested, would you want it to be done by me or by Pusser?

and he won the election.

So anyway, he was sheriff at the time.

And he had told me that Pusser would pull off the road at a fast food restaurant and wait to see if I drove by.

And at that time, it was well known that