Film

The Klansman

1974 · 1h 52m · Crime · Drama · Thriller

Welcome to scenic Atoka County. Pop. 10,000. Cross burnings. Rape. Murder. Arson. It's a great place to live...if THEY let you.

IMDb

5.2

Rotten Tomatoes

22%

A small southern town has just been rocked by a tragedy: a young white woman has been raped by a black man. When young black man Garth witnesses the Ku Klux Klan's violent retaliation against his innocent friend, Garth declares a one-man war on the Klan and hunts them down one-by-one.

Richard Burton

Breck Stancill

Lee Marvin

Sheriff Track Bascomb

Cameron Mitchell

Butt Cutt Cates

Lola Falana

Loretta Sykes

Linda Evans

Nancy Poteet

Luciana Paluzzi

Trixie

O. J. Simpson

Garth

David Huddleston

Mayor Hardy Riddle

Jeannie Bell

Mary Anne

Hoke Howell

Bobby Poteet

Ed Call

Shaneyfelt

John Alderson

Vernon Hodo

John Pearce

Taggart

David Ladd

Flagg

Vic Perrin

Hector

Spence Wil-Dee

Willy Washington

• Terence YoungDirector
• Millard KaufmanScreenplay
• Samuel FullerScreenplay
• William Bradford HuieNovel
• William AlexanderProducer
• Howard EffronExecutive Producer
• Bill ShiffrinExecutive Producer
• Lloyd Ahern Sr.Director of Photography
• Stu GardnerOriginal Music Composer
• Dale O. WarrenOriginal Music Composer

Video Classics Australia Trailer

Release date

October 25, 1974

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

1h 52m

Rated

R

Budget

$5,000,000

Genres

Crime, Drama, Thriller

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