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Walking Tall Part 2 is the 1975 sequel to the crime/action film, Walking Tall. Directed by Earl Bellamy and produced by Charles A. Pratt, the film stars Bo Svenson as Buford Pusser, replacing Joe Don Baker who played Pusser in the first Walking Tall film. The on-screen title of the film is Part 2 Walking Tall: The Legend of Buford Pusser. The film was followed in 1977 by Walking Tall: Final Chapter, also starring Svenson.
In August 2025, contrary to the story of Buford Pusser as depicted in the film, the real life Buford Pusser was implicated by the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation in the 1967 murder of his wife Pauline.[4][5][6]
Sheriff Buford Pusser continues his one-man war against moonshiners and a ruthless crime syndicate after the murder of his wife in late 1960s Tennessee.
Joe Don Baker, who played Buford Pusser in the first film, declined to reprise his role; Pusser himself had agreed to take his own role, but he died in an automobile accident before filming began. His death is discussed at the end of the movie. The police report is shown. Pusser's death would be further elaborated in the next sequel, Walking Tall: Final Chapter.
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