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A young lawyer, Steve Mundine (Lee Majors, TV's "The Six Million Dollar Man"), and his wife, Nella (Barbara Hershey, Beaches), move to Tennessee to work in his Uncle Oman's law firm. Under his nephew's pressure, Oman Hedgepath (Lee J. Cobb, The Exorcist, The Garment Jungle) agrees to represent L.B. Jones (Roscoe Lee Browne), a wealthy black undertaker who intends to divorce his wife, Emma (Lola Falana), for adultery with Willie Joe Worth (Anthony Zerbe), a white policeman. But small-town southern law is not genteel when sex and race intersect. In his last film, director William Wyler (The Best Years of Our Lives, Roman Holiday) explores a darker period in American history with an excellent cast that includes Yaphet Kotto, Fayard Nicholas, Chill Wills, Arch Johnson and Dub Taylor. Newly remastered.
Original Release
03/18/1970
US Release
03/18/1970
Cast
Name | Character |
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Lee J. Cobb | Oman Hedgepath |
Anthony Zerbe | Willie Joe Worth |
Roscoe Lee Browne | L.B. Jones / Lord Byron "L.B." Jones |
Lola Falana | Emma Jones |
Lee Majors | Steve Mundine |
Barbara Hershey | Nella Mundine |
Yaphet Kotto | Sonny Boy Mosby |
Arch Johnson | Stanley Bumpas |
Chill Wills | Mr. Ike |
Zara Cully | Mama Lavorn |
Directors
Writers
Stirling Silliphant, Jesse Hill Ford
Cast
Name | Character |
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Lee J. Cobb | Oman Hedgepath |
Anthony Zerbe | Willie Joe Worth |
Roscoe Lee Browne | L.B. Jones / Lord Byron "L.B." Jones |
Lola Falana | Emma Jones |
Lee Majors | Steve Mundine |
Barbara Hershey | Nella Mundine |
Yaphet Kotto | Sonny Boy Mosby |
Arch Johnson | Stanley Bumpas |
Chill Wills | Mr. Ike |
Zara Cully | Mama Lavorn |
Fayard Nicholas | Benny / Benny Smith |
Joseph Attles | Henry |
Lauren Jones | Erleen / Erleen Parsons |
Dub Taylor | Mayor |
Brenda Sykes | Jelly |
Larry D. Mann | Grocer |
Ray Teal | Chief of Police |
Eve McVeagh | Miss Griggs, Secretary / Miss Griggs |
Sonora McKeller | Miss Ponsella |
Robert Van Meter | Blind Man |
Producers
Name | Role |
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A. Ronald Lubin | Producer |
Editors
Year | Type | Category | Won |
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1971 | Golden Globe | Most Promising Newcomer - Female | Nominated |