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Release Date: 1974

Cast: Linda Evans, O. J. Simpson, Luciana Paluzzi, Richard Burton, Lola Falana, Ed Call, Cameron Mitchell, David Huddleston, Lee Marvin

Categories: Movies, Drama Film, Crime Thriller, Thriller, Melodrama, Social Problem Film, Crime Fiction

The Klansman is a 1974 American motion picture drama based on the book of the same name by William Bradford Huie. It was directed by Terence Young and starred Lee Marvin, Richard Burton, O.J. Simpson, Lola Falana and Linda Evans. The Klansman recounts what happens to an African American man in a small town in the U.S. south after a young white woman (Linda Evans) is sexually assaulted and beaten. Events spiral out of control when a sniper shoots a Ku Klux Klan member at a funeral. For his 1967 book, Huie had received death threats, and the KKK burned a cross on his front lawn. Sam Fuller... MORE

The Klansman is a 1974 American motion picture drama based on the book of the same name by William Bradford Huie. It was directed by Terence Young and starred Lee Marvin, Richard Burton, O.J. Simpson, Lola Falana and Linda Evans. The Klansman recounts what happens to an African American man in a small town in the U.S. south after a young white woman (Linda Evans) is sexually assaulted and beaten. Events spiral out of control when a sniper shoots a Ku Klux Klan member at a funeral. For his 1967 book, Huie had received death threats, and the KKK burned a cross on his front lawn. Sam Fuller was the original director of the film, but left before shooting began. He was displeased with major changes to the script; however, he still gets a co-writing credit on the finished film. Despite the casting of major stars, the film was not well received, with rumors that stars Lee Marvin and Richard Burton were both continuously drunk on the set. Burton's accent also wavers noticeably. It is notable for featuring O.J. Simpson in the role of a black militant. It was filmed on the outskirts of Oroville, California The movie was shut down in the small Oklahoma town of El Reno when the Chief of LESS