Rad McDowell (John Phillip Law) returns from the Second World War to discover that his Georgia farm is threatened with takeover by a cruel property developer.
With his black neighbours also facing pressure to move out, the two families join forces to fight for their land.
There’s little pleasure in watching this overlong adaptation of a doorstop novel, which totally miscasts Michael Caine as a ruthless southerner, replete with menacing accent and surly scowl as he tries to buy up most of Georgia.
A feisty Jane Fonda is along for the ride, John Phillip Law is vacant and wan, Faye Dunaway is blowsy and tiresome, Robert Hooks is noble and dull – and they’ve got the more interesting roles . . .
Not even the epic-looking location photography gives this mess credibility or style. For collectors of really bad movies only. And insomniacs.
Henry Warren
Michael Caine Julie Ann Warren
Jane Fonda Rad McDowell
John Phillip Law Lou McDowell
Faye Dunaway Reeve Scott
Robert Hooks Rose Scott
Beah Richards Sheriff Coombs
George Kennedy Judge Purcell
Burgess Meredith Vivian Thurlow
Diahann Carroll Professor Thurlow
Rex Ingram Lipscomb
Peter Goff Thomas Elwell
Loring Smith Dolph Higginson
Luke Askew Eula Purcell
Madeleine Sherwood Sukie Purcell
Donna Danton Rev Clem De Lavery
Frank Converse Bishop
William Elder Charles McDowell
Steve Sanders Carter Sillens
Jim Backus
Director
Otto Preminger
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With his black neighbours also facing pressure to move out, the two families join forces to fight for their land.
