Free, White and 21
The central conflict in this film is whether African-American businessman Ernie Jones (O'Neal) raped Swedish immigrant and civil-rights Freedom Rider Greta Mae Hansen (Lund). Jones was the proprietor of the hotel at which Hansen decided to stay during her time in Dallas. The movie is primarily a courtroom drama, with many of the key events portrayed in flashback sequences as Ernie Jones and Greta Mae Hansen testify.
- 1963
- 1 Hr 44 Mins
- Drama
The central conflict in this film is whether African-American businessman Ernie Jones (O'Neal) raped Swedish immigrant and civil-rights Freedom Rider Greta Mae Hansen (Lund). Jones was the proprietor of the hotel at which Hansen decided to stay during her time in Dallas. The movie is primarily a courtroom drama, with many of the key events portrayed in flashback sequences as Ernie Jones and Greta Mae Hansen testify.