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Murder in Coweta County
“"The Kingdom" a backwoods dynasty of moonshine and murder. This is the story of the man who ran it, and the man who crushed it.”
7.1 / 10• 1983• 1h 40m•NR• English
DramaTV MovieCrime
Storyline
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.
Cast & Crew
Johnny Cash
Lamar Potts
Lead
Andy Griffith
John Wallace
Earl Hindman
J.H. Potts
EV
Ed Van Nuys
Huddleston
Robert Schenkkan
Wilson Turner
JH
Jo Henderson
Josephine Wallace
DK
Daniel Keyes
Elzie Hancock
Danny Nelson
Sheriff Hardy Collier
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Gary Nelson's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
4.0
“Every frame feels alive. Murder in Coweta County is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
