The Klansman - A local Sheriff tries to keep the peace as racial strife hits his small Alabama town as tensions boil over when a black man is accused of raping a white woman.
The Klansman (1974)
Director: Terence Young
Writers: William Bradford Huie, Millard Kaufman, Samuel Fuller
Stars: Lee Marvin, Richard Burton, Cameron Mitchell
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: United States
Language: English
Also Known As: The Burning Cross
Release Date: October 25, 1974 (West Germany)
Filming Location: Oroville, California, USA
Synopsis:
A small southern town has just been rocked by a tragedy: a young woman has been violently r*ped. 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.
Reviews:
Terence Young is an efficient director and storyteller who never dramatizes his films, like as if he assumes they are dramatic enough by themselves for their mere stories. This film is full of r*pes, sensational and spectacular murders and even a massacre, but it never follows all these extremely dramatic occurrences through but leaves them sort of unfinished. But the direction is skilful to say the least. Actors like Richard Burton, Lee Marvin, O.J.Simpson, Cameron Mitchell and others don't get the chance to play out their roles for the speed and efficiency of the story, although they all make great characters and act splendidly. It's an awesome story with many critical turns to it, and although the quality of the film approaches level B the film should be remembered and discussed for its story, like a testimony of the true nature of the klan. It's not a beautiful fairy tale but rather grim reality all the way, although it pretends to be fiction. It reminds you of other revolting films from the south, like Arthur Penn's "The Chase" with Marlon Brando and "In the Heat of the Night" with Rod Steiger/Sidney Poitier, but this is much more to the point. It shows and explains racism in a way that makes it impossible for any racist to remain so after having seen this minor but important film.
- written by "clanciai" on IMDb.com
Also Known As (AKA):
(original title) The Klansman
KKK
The Burning Cross
Argentina Cegueras de odio
Australia The Klansman
Austria Verflucht sind sie alle
Belgium The Klansman(English)
Belgium L'homme du clan(French)
Brazil O Homem da Klã(Alternative Title)
Brazil Os homens Violentos do Klã(Alternative Title)
Brazil Os Homens Violentos do Klan
Bulgaria Бяла кръв(Bulgarian)
Canada The Klansman(English)
Chile Cegueras de odio
Colombia Cegueras de odio
Czechoslovakia Člen klanu
Denmark Det flammende kors
Ecuador The Klansman
Finland Ku Klux Klan(video box title)
Finland Paholaisen miehet(Video Title)
Finland Verinen joukko
France L'homme du clan
Germany Verflucht sind sie alle
Greece Γεννήθηκαν καθάρματα
Greece Οι ρατσιστές του Νότου
Greece Φλεγόμενοι σταυροί
Hungary Lángoló kereszt
Ireland The Klansman(English)
Italy L'uomo del clan
Japan The Klansman(English)
Japan クランスマン(Japanese)
Mexico Justicieros del mal(Video Title)
Mexico Tierra ensangrentada
New Zealand The Klansman(English)
Peru Cegueras de odio
Poland Człowiek klanu
Portugal O Homem do Klan
Romania Omul clanului
Romania Razboi contra clanului(Alternative Title)
South Africa The Klansman(English)
Soviet Union Человек клана(Russian)
Spain El hombre del clan
Spain El hombre del klan(Alternative Title)
Sweden Djävulsmännen
Turkey Devler Çarpışıyor(Turkish)
United Kingdom The Klansman
United States The Klansman
Venezuela Cegueras de odio
West Germany Verflucht sind sie alle
West Germany Atoka(reissue title)
World-wide The Klansman(English)
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