Columbia Pictures
Directed by William Wyler
My rating: 2.5 stars out of 4
IMDb
(Turner Classic Movies)
Lurid tale of racism in the Deep South. The police department in a small Tennessee town is run by good ole boys for whom rape and murder is just another day at the office. Lee J. Cobb is the city attorney who turns the other way even when he knows the truth. Character actor Anthony Zerbe gives a tour-de-force performance as the fatally flawed deputy. Despite pretenses of a serious drama, the film frequently stoops to explicit sex and violence to make its points and ends up closer to a drive-in exploitation film.
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