Trouble Comes to Town

Trouble Comes to Town

Trouble Comes to Town

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Trouble Comes to Town

1973

1h 13m

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Drama

Overview

A Southern sheriff brings into his home a black juvenile delinquent, who is the son of the man who saved his life during the Korean War.

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ABC Circle Films

Cast & Crew

6 members

Acting

Lloyd Bridges

Sheriff Porter Murdock

Lloyd Bridges

Acting

Pat Hingle

Cecil Tabor

Pat Hingle

Acting

Hari Rhodes

Horace Speare

Hari Rhodes

Acting

Janet MacLachlan

Naomi Speare

Janet MacLachlan

Acting

Sheree North

Mrs. Murdock

Sheree North

Acting

Joseph Bottoms

Billy Keith

Joseph Bottoms

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