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The Liberation of L.B. Jones is a american film of genre Drama directed by William Wyler released in USA on 18 march 1970 with Roscoe Lee Browne
The Liberation of L.B. Jones (1970)
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Add to a movie listThe Liberation of L.B. Jones is a 1970 American drama film directed by William Wyler, his final project in a career that spanned 45 years.
The screenplay by Jesse Hill Ford and Stirling Silliphant is based on Ford's 1965 novel The Liberation of Lord Byron Jones. The novel, in turn, was based on events that happened in a Southern town where writer Ford lived. After he wrote the book, he was verbally attacked for writing about the events that had occurred in his town. The motion picture's release added to the controversy, especially in Humboldt, Tennessee, where Ford lived.
The film stars Roscoe Lee Browne, Lee J. Cobb, Lola Falana and Lee Majors.
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À Somerton, une petite ville du Tennessee, L.B. Jones est le directeur aisé d'une petite entreprise de pompes funèbres. Afro-américain, il demande le divorce à sa femme Emma, également noire, qui le trompe avec un policier local, Willie Joe Worth. Jones engage dès lors le meilleur avocat de la ville, Oman Hedgepath, pour le défendre face à son épouse. Dans l'attente du procès de divorce, Oman suggère au policier de faire pression sur Emma pour qu'elle renonce à se faire assister d'un avocat, ce qui aurait pour conséquence de faire citer le nom de son amant lors du procès et possiblement de briser sa carrière et sa vie de famille. Comme Emma refuse, il s'en prend à L.Actors
Roscoe Lee Browne
(Lord Byron "L.B." Jones)
Lee J. Cobb
(Oman Hedgepath)
Lee Majors
(Steve Mundine)
Anthony Zerbe
(Willie Joe Worth)
Lola Falana
(Emma Jones)
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