Bo Svenson was the highest paid actor on TV at the time to reprise his role as Buford Pusser for the small screen.
Some changes were made between characters in the movie, and the ones in the TV show. Joan's last name is Litton and she's Buford's deputy. In the movie, her last name was Lashley, and she was Buford's secretary. Grady's last name in the movie was Coker. Here, it's Spooner., The county where Buford worked in the Movie was McNairy County (Which is a real county in Tennessee). In the show, the name was McNeal County.