Racial confrontations in an Alabama town. Richard Burton, O.J. Simpson, Lee Marvin, Linda Evans, Cameron Mitchell, Lola Falana, David Huddleston. Trixie: Lucianna Paluzzi. Shanefelt: Ed Call. Vernon: John Alderson. Taggart: John Pearce. Flagg: David Ladd. Terence Young directed.
Marvin plays a sheriff in a small southern town that is a hotbed of KKK activity. Emotions flare when Evans is raped, and the Klan, headed by town mayor Huddleston, blames an innocent black youth. Directed and performed with little belief in the project.