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The Klansman

Play trailer Poster for The Klansman R,  1974,  1h 52m,  Drama Play Trailer Watchlist
Watchlist 22% 9 Reviews Tomatometer 24% 500+ Ratings Popcornmeter
22% Tomatometer 9 Reviews 24% Popcornmeter 500+ Ratings
A liberal landowner (Richard Burton) and a Southern sheriff (Lee Marvin) face the aftermath of a rape in a Ku Klux Klan town.

Critics Reviews

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Matt Brunson Film Frenzy Feb 13, 2023
1/4
An utterly repellent melodrama. Go to Full Review
Mike Massie Gone With The Twins Aug 30, 2020
1/10
Nearly all of the protagonists' choices are reprehensible - sometimes worse than the white-hooded, cross-burning antagonists themselves. Go to Full Review
Jacoba Atlas Los Angeles Free Press Dec 11, 2019
The film is hysterical to the point of laughter and dangerously misguided to boot. Go to Full Review
Bernard Drew Gannett News Service Oct 29, 2019
Why Is it that when almost any film is set in the Deep South, normally sane writers, directors, and actors are inspired to lose their wits completely, feel that anything goes, and vie with each other as to who can make the cauldron bubble faster? Go to Full Review
Jorge Loser Espinof Aug 13, 2019
The final part is quite memorable, bizarre and without grayscale. [Full Review in Spanish] Go to Full Review
Jesús Fernández Santos El Pais (Spain) Jul 16, 2019
It's a shame that the first part of the plot that promises an important film then disintegrates into a story of violence and crimes. [Full Review in Spanish] Go to Full Review
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Kylo W Apr 10, 2018 i found this film to be more or less boring. i much prefered the intruder with william shatner which was the same thing but better See more
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Cast & Crew

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Terence Young

Director

Lee Marvin

Sheriff Track Bascomb

Richard Burton

Breck Stancill

Cameron Mitchell

Butt Cutt Cates

Lola Falana

Loretta Sykes

Luciana Paluzzi

Trixie

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The Klansman

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Movie Info

Synopsis A liberal landowner (Richard Burton) and a Southern sheriff (Lee Marvin) face the aftermath of a rape in a Ku Klux Klan town.
Director
Terence Young
Producer
William Alexander
Screenwriter
Millard Kaufman, Samuel Fuller
Production Co
Atlanta Productions
Rating
R
Genre
Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
Nov 12, 2014
Runtime
1h 52m
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