The Klansman

The Klansman

112 mins | Drama, Crime, Thriller | Oct. 25, 1974

A small southern town has just been rocked by a tragedy: a young woman has been violently raped. The white town fathers immediately declare that the attacker had to be black, and place the blame on Garth, a young black man. Assuming that the men in white sheets aren't intent on holding a fair and impartial trial, Garth takes to the woods as the Klansmen lynching party hunts him down.

The Klansman

112 mins | Drama, Crime, Thriller | Oct. 25, 1974

The Klansman
A small southern town has just been rocked by a tragedy: a young woman has been violently raped. The white town fathers immediately declare that the attacker had to be black, and place the blame on Garth, a young black man. Assuming that the men in white sheets aren't intent on holding a fair and impartial trial, Garth takes to the woods as the Klansmen lynching party hunts him down.
IMDb rating 5.2
Producers Paramount, Atlanta Productions
Original title The Klansman
Directors Terence Young
Writers William Bradford Huie, Millard Kaufman, Samuel Fuller

Cast

Richard Burton

as Breck Stancill

Lee Marvin

as Sheriff Track Bascomb

Cameron Mitchell

as Butt Cutt Cates

Lola Falana

as Loretta Sykes

Linda Evans

as Nancy Poteet

Luciana Paluzzi

as Trixie

O.J. Simpson

as Garth

David Huddleston

as Mayor Hardy Riddle

Jeannie Bell

as Mary Anne

Hoke Howell

as Bobby Poteet

Ed Call

as Shaneyfelt

John Alderson

as Vernon Hodo

John Pearce

as Taggart

David Ladd

as Flagg

Vic Perrin

as Hector

Spence Wil-Dee

as Willy Washington

Wendell Wellman

as Alan Bascomb

Virgil Frye

as Johnson

Robert Porter

as Rev. Josh Franklin

Lee de Broux

as Rev. Alverson

Charlie Briggs

as A.P. Reporter

Morgan Upton

as N.Y. Times Reporter

Eve Christopher

as Mrs. Martha Shaneyfelt

Gary L. Catus

as Charles Peck

Jo Ann Cowell

as Annie

Scott Edmund Lane

as Jim Hodo

Larry E Wiliams

as Lightning Rod

The Staple Singers

as Themselves

Bert Williams

as Doctor

Susan Brown

as Maybelle Bascomb