Sources
Help build the largest human-edited directory on the web.
Submit a site - Become an editor
Wikipedia. Licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License.
Are you an expert in this subject? Join the discussion and share your knowledge at Wikipedia.org.
The Klansman
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
| The Klansman | |
|---|---|
 |
|
| Directed by | Terence Young Ridgeway Callow (A'sst) |
| Produced by | William Alexander Bill Travers |
| Written by | William Bradford Huie (novel) Millard Kaufman Samuel Fuller (screenplay) |
| Starring | Lee Marvin Richard Burton |
| Music by | Stu Gardner Dale O. Warren |
| Cinematography | Lloyd Ahern |
| Editing by | Gene Milford |
| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
| Release date(s) | October 25, 1974 |
| Running time | 112 min. |
| Language | English |
| IMDb profile | |
For the book that inspired The Birth of a Nation (1915), see The Clansman.
The Klansman is a 1974 American motion picture drama based on the book of the same name by William Bradford Huie. It recounts what happens to an African American man in a small town in the U.S. south after a young white woman (Linda Evans) is sexually assaulted and beaten. Events spiral out of control when a sniper shoots a Klan member at a funeral.
For his 1967 book, William Huie had received death threats and the Ku Klux Klan burned a cross on his front lawn.
Despite the casting of major stars, the film was not well received with considerable rumormongering that Marvin and Burton were both continuously drunk on the set. Burton's accent also wavers noticeably. It is notable for featuring O.J. Simpson in the role of a black militant.
- Lee Marvin : Sheriff Track Bascomb
- Richard Burton : Breck Stancill
- Cameron Mitchell : Butt Cutt Cates
- O.J. Simpson : Garth
- Lola Falana : Loretta Sykes
- David Huddleston : Mayor Hardy Riddle
- Linda Evans : Nancy Poteet
- Luciana Paluzzi : Trixie