The Liberation of L.B. Jones

The Liberation of L.B. Jones

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Southern Usa | Interracial Romance

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  • Genre(s): Drama, Crime
  • Language(s): English
  • Director(s): William Wyler, Anthony Ray, Robert Swink
  • Cast(s): Lee J. Cobb, Anthony Zerbe, Roscoe Lee Browne, Lola Falana, Lee Majors See all Cast & Crew
  • Duration: 1h 42min
  • Music: Elmer Bernstein,Jack Solomon,Arthur Piantadosi
  • Award(s): Golden Globe 1971 (Nominated) Awards List
  • Similar To: One Battle After Another, Enola Holmes 3
  • Story:
    A gloomy vision of the possibility of decent relations between whites and blacks anywhere, including the South. Undertaker L.B. Jones, the richest black man in his county of Tennessee, is divorcing his wife for infidelity with a white policeman. Taking a stand against racism, he is greeted with a hostile bunch of Southern bigots and other various stereotypes.
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STORY

Story
A gloomy vision of the possibility of decent relations between whites and blacks anywhere, including the South. Undertaker L.B. Jones, the richest black man in his county of Tennessee, is divorcing his wife for infidelity with a white policeman. Taking a stand against racism, he is greeted with a hostile bunch of Southern bigots and other various stereotypes.

AWARDS

Nominations
Golden Globe Award

Most Promising Newcomer - Female | 1971

BOX OFFICE

Budget 3,500,000 USD

TRIVIA AND POPULAR DIALOGUES

Trivia

Final film of director William Wyler.

Author Jesse Hill Ford based the story on an actual event and people in his town. Many people in Humboldt were not happy after the novel was published and felt betrayed, especially after the film gave the story wider circulation.

Film debut of Brenda Sykes.

Henry Fonda had to turn down the lead role, due to scheduling conflicts on There Was a Crooked Man... (1970).

Stirling Silliphant was brought in at a cost of $200,000 to do a screenplay rewrite.

Popular Dialogues

"Emma Jones: It going be something. I can't let nobody rob my baby and I can't let my baby enter this world without a dime!"

"Willie Joe Worth: It Monday is it? Stanley Bumpas: All day, you coming? Willie Joe Worth: Way pass six, that black son-of-bitch didn't call. Just let it ride by god."