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The Klansman is a american film of genre Drama directed by Terence Young released in USA on 13 november 1974 with Lee Marvin
The Klansman (1974)
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Add to a movie listReleased in USA 13 november 1974
Length 1h27
Directed by Terence Young
OriginUSA
Themes Films about racism
Rating52%
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.
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The Klansman recounts what happens to an African American man in a small town in the 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.Actors
Lee Marvin
(Sheriff Track Bascomb)
Richard Burton
(Breck Stancill)
Cameron Mitchell
(Butt Cutt Cates)
Lola Falana
(Loretta Sykes)
David Huddleston
(Mayor Hardy Riddle)
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