Réalisation:
Otto PremingerMusique:
Hugo MontenegroActeurs·trices:
Michael Caine, Jane Fonda, George Kennedy, John Phillip Law, Diahann Carroll, Robert Hooks, Faye Dunaway, Luke Askew, Loring Smith, Beah Richards (plus)Résumés(1)
Otto Preminger directed this star-studded adaptation of K.B. Gliden's novel about racial prejudice and emotional unrest in the Deep South. Henry Warren (Michael Caine) is a land owner obsessed with buying up all available land in a Georgia farming town. However, two parcels of land have escaped his reach, and he's determined to get them. The Scotts, an African-American family, own one of the lots that Henry is after; the matriarch of the family, Rose (Beah Richards), used to work as a servant for the family of Henry's wife, Julie Ann (Jane Fonda), so Henry sends Julie Ann to talk with her. However, not only doesn't Rose agree to sell, she gets so upset that she dies of a heart attack, and soon her headstrong son Reeve (Robert Hooks) is the owner of the land. Reeve refuses all of Henry's offers to sell out, and he even stands up to a racist lynch mob that tries to ransack his farm; when Henry attempts to prove that Reeve holds no legal deed to the property, Vivian Thurlow (Diahann Carroll), the town's black schoolmarm, is able to provide the documentation that the Scotts do indeed own their land. Meanwhile, Henry is also trying to buy some property farmed by Rod McDowell (John Phillip Law) and his wife Lou (Faye Dunnaway), a poor white couple who are Henry's cousins. The McDowell farm adjoins that owned by the Scotts, so Reeve and Rod agree to join forces against Henry, which leads to violent reprisals against them. (texte officiel du distributeur)
(plus)Acteurs·trices
![Michael Caine](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/119/164119074_392562.jpg)
Michael Caine
Grande-Bretagne
Meilleurs films :
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Inception (2010)
Le Prestige (2006)
![Jane Fonda](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/390/164390332_c83cf3.jpg)
Jane Fonda
États-Unis
Meilleurs films :
La Maison du lac (1981)
Le Retour (1978)
On achève bien les chevaux (1969)
![George Kennedy](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/386/164386844_3142e0.png)
George Kennedy
États-Unis
Meilleurs films :
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Charade (1963)
![John Phillip Law](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/271/271539_ce7817.jpg)
John Phillip Law
États-Unis
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Haute infidélité (1964)
Le Pont de Cassandra (1976)
![Diahann Carroll](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/113/163113556_d497fb.jpg)
Diahann Carroll
États-Unis
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Robert Hooks
États-Unis
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Hurry Sundown (1967)
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![Faye Dunaway](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/288/162288341_99eaba.jpg)
Faye Dunaway
États-Unis
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La Tour infernale (1974)
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![Luke Askew](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/022/809/22809379_f4baa7.jpg)
Luke Askew
États-Unis
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![Loring Smith](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/492/163492662_bf9303.jpg)
Loring Smith
États-Unis
Meilleurs films :
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Mademoiselle Gagne-Tout (1952)
Le Cardinal (1963)
Beah Richards
États-Unis
Meilleurs films :
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![Burgess Meredith](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/271/271967_29d2af.jpg)
Burgess Meredith
États-Unis
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![Madeleine Sherwood](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/483/483304_574611.jpg)
Madeleine Sherwood
Canada
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![Jim Backus](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/454/158454997_ff6ec1.jpg)
Jim Backus
États-Unis
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![Rex Ingram](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/605/160605941_414618.jpg)
Rex Ingram
États-Unis
Meilleurs films :
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Bill Hart
États-Unis
Meilleurs films :
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![Frank Converse](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/448/161448240_610e5f.jpg)
Frank Converse
États-Unis
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![Gene Rutherford](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/254/162254246_69a89f.jpg)
Gene Rutherford
États-Unis
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Doro Merande
États-Unis
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![Robert Reed](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/143/058/143058645_aed988.jpg)
Robert Reed
États-Unis
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Dean Smith
États-Unis
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