4 Movies Starring Johnny Cash

Murder in Coweta County

Murder in Coweta County

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1983-02-15

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

100 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.6 (301 Reviews)

Director:

Gary Nelson

Genres:

CrimeDrama

Cast:

Writer:

Dennis Nemec (teleplay)

Margaret Anne Barnes (book)

Fullplot:

In 1948, in rural Georgia, Coweta County is watched over by its legendary, indomitable Sheriff Lamar Potts (Johnny Cash). No felony had ever gone unsolved while Sheriff Potts was in charge. In the next county, though, there is a vast estate known as "The Kingdom." It's ruled by one man, John Wallace (Andy Griffith), whose power is absolute and beyond the law. But when Wallace chases one of his underlings to deliver ruthless punishment, he makes a critical mistake. He crosses over into Coweta County... Sheriff Potts' territory. This is the compelling true story of the man who ran the Kingdom, and the man who brought him down.

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers: Runnin' Down a Dream

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers: Runnin' Down a Dream

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2007-10-14

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

239 min

IMDB Ratings:

8.5 (917 Reviews)

Fullplot:

"Runnin' Down A Dream," a film directed by cinema legend Peter Bogdanovich, is the story of one of America's great rock and roll bands told as never before.

Pete Seeger: The Power of Song

Pete Seeger: The Power of Song

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2007-04-29

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

93 min

Rated:

PG

IMDB Ratings:

8.3 (381 Reviews)

Director:

Jim Brown

Fullplot:

Interviews, archival footage and home movies are used to illustrate a social history of folk artist and activist Pete Seeger.

My Father and the Man in Black

My Father and the Man in Black

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2013-09-06

Languages:

English

Countries:

Canada

Runtime:

87 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.6 (225 Reviews)

Director:

Jonathan Holiff

Fullplot:

After the suicide of Johnny Cash's former manager, Saul Holiff, his estranged son, Jonathon, returns home. There, Jonathon learns from his mother that his father's personal records exist in storage. As Jonathon searches through them, he discovers much about his father's life of deferred dreams in London, Ontario until he became the manager of Johnny Cash. From there, Jonathon learns of his father's hectic life managing the erratic country star with his personal demons and moods and how the material success came with a profound cost of its own for Saul. In doing so, Jonathon gets a new perspective of a father who had his problems that he never fully conquered himself.

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