Hurry Sundown (1967)

User Rating:

5.6/10   

Director:

Otto Preminger

Writers:

Horton Foote (writer)
Bert Gilden (novel)

Release Date:

9 February 1967 (USA)

Genre:

Drama

Tagline:

An explosive film. Its young stars are dynamite!

Plot:

Following the Second World War, a northern cannery combine negotiates for the purchase of a large tract of uncultivated Georgia farmland...

Plot Keywords:

Mammy | Racism | Singing | American South | Black American

Awards:

Nominated for Golden Globe. Another 2 wins

Cast

Michael Caine	...	Henry Warren
Loring Smith	...	Thomas Elwell
Peter Goff	...	Lipscomb
Jane Fonda	...	Julie Ann Warren
George Kennedy	...	Sheriff Coombs
John Phillip Law	...	Rad McDowell
Luke Askew	...	Dolph Higginson
Robert Hooks	...	Reeve Scott
Beah Richards	...	Rose Scott
Burgess Meredith	...	Judge Purcell
Donna Danton	...	Sukie Purcell
Madeleine Sherwood	...	Eula Purcell
Frank Converse	...	Reverend Clem De Lavery
William Elder	...	Bishop
Steve Sanders	...	Charles McDowell

Runtime:

146 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Canada:R (Nova Scotia) | West Germany:16 (f) | Finland:K-16 | Sweden:15 | UK:A | USA:Unrated

Filming Locations:

Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA

Company:

Otto Preminger Films

Trivia:

Then-Governor George Wallace refused permission to allow Otto Preminger to shoot the film in his state of Alabama.

Goofs:

Anachronisms: In one scene as the camera pans down the street, a later model Ford can be seen in a carport.

Quotes:

[Rose and Julie converse while Julie's child rests in Rose's arms]
Julie Ann Warren: Ah declare, Rose. Ah never saw him take to anyone like he does to you.
Rose Scott: Chillun' know who loves 'em.
Julie Ann Warren: Oh sometimes, Rose, Ah think you just about invented love.

Movie Connections:

Featured in Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker (1991)

Soundtrack:

Dont Bother Me

Hurry Away From This Stinker!

What a dull and boring film. What a shock that such a highly regarded group of acting greats starred in this terrible mess. Clearly out-dated, but even so, the whole story is utterly stupid, the Southern accents are laughable, the sex scenes are without steam, and the script is first grade at best.

The only worthwhile thing in this snore bore is the beautiful and sexy Jane Fonda. Jane's scene with a sax is interesting to say the least. Poor Faye Dunaway is wasted here. Micheal Cain tries his best, but just can't pull it off. John Phillip Law is tall and handsome, however he is wooden and stiff and is a total flop.

I'd Hurray away from this mess!