In this exciting seven-year-long drama, the plots have the same pattern. Some mean men come to Sparta, Mississippi to cause trouble by killing or are on a drug run. These men are as mean as mean can be. (Oh, you want to kill them!) Sheriff Bill Gillespie and his deputies drive cars fast through the backroads near Sparta. (In truth, the actual filming location is near Covington, Georgia, maybe a half hour from Atlanta.)
I was glad to see Carroll O'Connor as the easy-going yet firm sheriff
rather than as the obnoxious New Yorker Archie Bunker. I was for him more in the former-mentioned role. All the cast was impressive.
Alan Autry (a distant cousin to the late Gene Autry) was the firm, good-looking, good-hearted deputy Bubba Skinner. Hugh O'Connor, Carroll's son, though light-built, was himself a firm deputy. David Hart played a deputy who tried hard, but was not necessarily bright. Crystal Fox was an appealing icon. Howard Rollins performed well his part as the detective, and so did Anne-Marie Johnson. Later, Carl Weathers was definitely the right man for his role. The icon who stood out to me personally was Harriett DeLong, performed definitely well by Denise Nicholas. (Oh! She was definitely adorable!) Again, while each episode followed the same story line, the show was very entertaining for sure, and you were never bored by it.
Alan Autry (a distant cousin to the late Gene Autry) was the firm, good-looking, good-hearted deputy Bubba Skinner. Hugh O'Connor, Carroll's son, though light-built, was himself a firm deputy. David Hart played a deputy who tried hard, but was not necessarily bright. Crystal Fox was an appealing icon. Howard Rollins performed well his part as the detective, and so did Anne-Marie Johnson. Later, Carl Weathers was definitely the right man for his role. The icon who stood out to me personally was Harriett DeLong, performed definitely well by Denise Nicholas. (Oh! She was definitely adorable!) Again, while each episode followed the same story line, the show was very entertaining for sure, and you were never bored by it.