I Walk the Line

1970

English

6.5

♡ 7

70%

Action

based on novel or book

John Frankenheimer Director

Tuesday Weld as Alma McCain

Ralph Meeker as Carl McCain

Charles Durning as Hunnicutt

Gregory Peck as Sheriff Tawes

Henry Tawes, a middle-aged sheriff in a rural Tennessee town, is usually the first man to criticize others for their bad behavior. Miserable in his marriage, Henry falls in love with teenage seductress Alma, who is the daughter of local criminal and moonshiner Carl McCain. Henry's moral character comes further into question when he is tempted to conceal Carl's crimes in order to prolong his relationship with Alma.