Johnny Cash plays an amiable sheriff digging for clues to bury a corrupt land baron (Andy Griffith) for a brutal murder in 1948 Georgia. June Carter Cash. Potts: Earl Hindman. Huddleson: Ed Van Nuys. Elzie: Daniel Keyes. Otwell: Marc Clement. Wilson: Robert Schenkkan. Collier: Danny Nelson. Directed by Gary Nelson.