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The Klansman

Name: The Klansman
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Released: 1974-10-25
Duration: 112 min
Rating: 5.6

★ 5,6 /10 (45 Votes)

1974 EN 112 min

Overview

A small southern town has just been rocked by a tragedy: a young white woman has been raped by a black man. When young black man Garth witnesses the Ku Klux Klan's violent retaliation against his innocent friend, Garth declares a one-man war on the Klan and hunts them down one-by-one.

Stream

Release date

25/10/1974

Votes

Popularity

1.6

Welcome to scenic Atoka County. Pop. 10,000. Cross burnings. Rape. Murder. Arson. It's a great place to live...if THEY let you.

Genres

Crime Drama Thriller

Status

Released

Language

Runtime

112 min

Budget

$5,000,000

Richard Burton

Breck Stancill

Lee Marvin

Sheriff Track Bascomb

Cameron Mitchell

Butt Cutt Cates

Lola Falana

Loretta Sykes

Linda Evans

Nancy Poteet

Luciana Paluzzi

Trixie

O. J. Simpson

Garth

David Huddleston

Mayor Hardy Riddle

Jeannie Bell

Mary Anne

Hoke Howell

Bobby Poteet

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Ed Call

Shaneyfelt

John Alderson

Vernon Hodo

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John Pearce

Taggart

David Ladd

Flagg

Vic Perrin

Hector

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Spence Wil-Dee

Willy Washington

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Wendell Wellman

Alan Bascomb

Virgil Frye

Johnson

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Robert Porter

Rev. Josh Franklin

Lee de Broux

Rev. Alverson

Charlie Briggs

A.P. Reporter

Morgan Upton

N.Y. Times Reporter

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Eve Christopher

Mrs. Martha Shaneyfelt

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Gary L. Catus

Charles Peck

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Jo Ann Cowell

Annie

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Scott Edmund Lane

Jim Hodo

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Larry E Wiliams

Lightning Rod

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Bert Williams

Doctor

Susan Brown

Maybelle Bascomb

Roebuck 'Pops' Staples

The Staple Singers

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Cleotha Staples

The Staple Singers

Mavis Staples

The Staple Singers

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Yvonne Staples

The Staple Singers

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***Star-studded soap opera about racial tensions in Alabama in the early 70s*** Directed by Terence Young, this is a melodrama with thrills starring Lee Marvin as a sheriff in a small town in northern Alabama trying to keep the lid on racial tensions after a black man rapes a white woman (Linda Evans). Richard Burton costars as Breck, an alcoholic who sympathizes with the black community while opposing the local Klan, which is made up of whites in prominent positions, like the unprofessional deputy (Cameron Mitchell) and the rotund mayor (David Huddleston). Lola Falana plays Breck's black s…

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