"Two men with nothing in common but the hate that surrounds them."

1970

1h 40m

6.5(25 votes)

Drama

Action

Overview

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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Cast & Crew

29 members

Acting

Jim Brown

Jimmy Price

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George Kennedy

John Little

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Fredric March

Mayor Jeff Parks

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Lynn Carlin

Julia Little

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Don Stroud

Bengy Springer

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Janet MacLachlan

Mary Price

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Richard Elkins

Bradford Wilkes

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Clifton James

D.J. Rankin

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Robert Random

John Braddock

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Mills Watson

Joe Warren

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Bernie Casey

George Harley

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Dub Taylor

Junior

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Anthony James

H.C. Tolbert

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Ernest Anderson

Homer

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Karl Swenson

Frank Braddock Sr.

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Barry Cahill

Bob Braddock

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Anne Whitfield

Mrs. Dawes

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Bill Walker

John Sawyer

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Dan Frazer

Ira Jackson

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Leonard O. Smith

Fred Price

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Renny Rooker

Shoeshine Boy

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Roy Glenn

The Drunk

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George Cisar

Joe - Barber

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Paulene Myers

Mrs. Harley

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Dino Washington

Randy Harley

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Calvin Brown

Harrison Harley

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Beverly Taylor

Sara Jean

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Almira Sessions

Townswoman (uncredited)

Directing

Ralph Nelson

New York driver caught in speed trap (uncredited)

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