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Murder in Coweta County is a 1983 American made-for-television drama film starring Johnny Cash and Andy Griffith. [1] It originally aired on February 15, 1983 on CBS. [1] It is based on actual events of a murder in Coweta County in April 1948 committed in Coweta County in the U.S. state of Georgia. [2]
Murder in Coweta County (original ISBN 0-88349-064-1; re-issued in 1983 and 2004) was a 1976 book by Margaret Anne Barnes, originally published by Simon & Schuster in 1977. . Though the book is generally considered accurate, Barnes' website has quoted the El Paso Times as calling it "the new fictionalized style of recording historic event
Griffith received his only Primetime Emmy Award nomination as Outstanding Supporting Actor – Miniseries or a Movie for his role as the father of a murder victim in the television film Murder in Texas (1981) and won further acclaim for his role as a homicidal villain in the television film Murder in Coweta County (1983), co-starring music ...
This interest led to her book Murder in Coweta County which won an Edgar Allan Poe Award for an outstanding fact-crime study from the Mystery Writers of America. Murder in Coweta County was published in 1976 and made into a television movie starring Andy Griffith and Johnny Cash in 1983. [1]
TV movie 1983 Murder in Coweta County: Wilson Turner TV movie 1984 George Washington: Alexander Hamilton: Miniseries 1985 Kane & Abel: Jack Thomas Miniseries 1986 The Twilight Zone: Eli Episode: Devil's Alphabet: Act of Vengeance: Paul Gilly TV movie Newhart: Jonathan Curtis Episode: Sweet and Sour Charity: 1987 Nutcracker: Money, Madness and ...
One of his clients, Johnny Cash, cast him as a lawyer in the 1983 made-for-television movie Murder in Coweta County. [8] Neal also played himself in Watergate , a 1994 television mini-series. [ 9 ]
During that period, Cash appeared in a number of television films. In 1981, he starred in The Pride of Jesse Hallam, winning fine reviews for a film that called attention to adult illiteracy. In 1983, he appeared as a heroic sheriff in Murder in Coweta County, based on a real-life Georgia murder case, which co-starred Andy Griffith as his nemesis.
In addition, Nelson directed five feature films, including Disney's Freaky Friday (1976), and many television movies, including Murder in Coweta County starring Johnny Cash and Andy Griffith. In 1978, Nelson was nominated for an Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series on Washington: Behind Closed Doors.