Macon County Line
β 5.8 Β· 1974 Β· 89m Β· Drama Β· Action
A vengeful Southern sheriff is out for blood after his wife is brutally killed by a pair of drifters. Low-budget film set in Georgia in 1953 and at the time of release, purported to be based on a true story.
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