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1970-01-09 · 100 min · ★ 6.7
Racial tensions threaten to explode when a black man is elected sheriff of a small, racially divided town in the Deep South.
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- Directors
- Ralph Nelson
- Production companies
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
- Countries
- United States of America
- Status
- Released
Top Cast
Jim BrownJimmy Price
George KennedyJohn Little
Fredric MarchMayor Jeff Parks
Lynn CarlinJulia Little
Don StroudBengy Springer
Janet MacLachlanMary Price
Clifton JamesD.J. Rankin
Robert RandomJohn Braddock
Mills WatsonJoe Warren
Bernie CaseyGeorge Harley
Dub TaylorJunior
Anthony JamesH.C. Tolbert
Ernest AndersonHomer
Karl SwensonFrank Braddock Sr.
Barry CahillBob Braddock
Anne WhitfieldMrs. Dawes
Bill WalkerJohn Sawyer
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