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Carroll O'Connor stars as a small-town police chief (and later a sheriff) in fictional Sparta, Miss. For a small town, Sparta has its share of murder, rape, corruption, racism and drunken driving, so O'Connor's Chief William Gillespie has his hands full. The TV series is based on the novel and film of the same name.
- Starring: Carroll O'Connor, Howard E. Rollins Jr., Anne-Marie Johnson, Alan Autry, Denise Nicholas
- TV Network: NBC
- Premiere Date: Mar 6, 1988
- Genre: Crime
- Executive producer: Fred Silverman
