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Arnold Perl (writer)
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30 March 1971 (USA)
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A rape case opens racial divisions in a small town. A black sheriff and his white deputy investigate allegations that a wealthy white businessman raped a black college student. | add synopsis
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(Cast overview, first billed only) | Ossie Davis | ... | James Lucas |
 | Kaz Garas | ... | Harve Gregory |
| Ruby Dee | ... | Sue-Anne Lucas |
| Kyle Johnson | ... | Vance Lucas |
| John Marley | ... | Kinsella |
| Ross Martin | ... | Larry Walters |
 | Lynda Day George | ... | Almy Gregory (as Lynda Day) |
| Edward Binns | ... | Paulsen |
| Moses Gunn | ... | Cliff Wilder |
| Brenda Sykes | ... | Janet Wilder |
| Joel Fluellen | ... | Charley Dobey |
| Austin Willis | ... | Judge |
| Parley Baer | ... | Braden |
| Bill Quinn | ... | Doctor |
| David Moses | ... | Scopes |
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73 min
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It's more a drama than a thriller. It takes place in a little California community, where white and black people cohabit in quiet. The sheriff is black. I was surprised, as far as this movie is not a Blaxploitation one. Too soon, I think. Because it began two or three years later. Some of the lead characters are black, but not all of them.
It's an anti racist tale. The sheriff - Davis - makes an inquiry into a rape affair. And the rapist is a white man - Ross Martin himself, the mighty Wild Wild West Arthemus Gordon. His character is nearly as good as the one he had in EXPERIMENT IN TERROR. A nasty one. A f...racist you want to be punished. The study of characters is very good, and the acting too.
It deserves to be watched. Really. In the credit, the name of the director - David Lowell Rich - is shown only at the end of the movie. Not usual.