Based on a true story, this 1940's era movie tells of the Kingdom, where in Meriwether county John Wallace (Griffith) can do no wrong- until he kills a white sharecropper for stealing one of his prized cows in Coweta county.
"But you didn't kill him in Meriwether, you killed him across the line, with eight Coweta witnesses and a sheriff that won't quit."--Meriwether county sheriff speaking to Wallace about Coweta county sheriff- Lamar Potts. Johnny Cash plays Sheriff Lamar Potts, a lawman who isn't one of Wallace's men and doesn't care about his kingdom so he sets out to prove that Wallace can't get away with murder in his county.
On a scale of 1-10, I give Murder in Coweta County a 9.
"But you didn't kill him in Meriwether, you killed him across the line, with eight Coweta witnesses and a sheriff that won't quit."--Meriwether county sheriff speaking to Wallace about Coweta county sheriff- Lamar Potts. Johnny Cash plays Sheriff Lamar Potts, a lawman who isn't one of Wallace's men and doesn't care about his kingdom so he sets out to prove that Wallace can't get away with murder in his county.
On a scale of 1-10, I give Murder in Coweta County a 9.