Trouble Comes to Town (1973)
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.
Top billed cast
Lloyd BridgesSheriff Porter Murdock
Pat HingleCecil Tabor
Hari RhodesHorace Speare
Janet MacLachlanNaomi Speare
Sheree NorthMrs. Murdock
Joseph BottomsBilly Keith
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