The Klansman

The Klansman is a 1974 American motion picture drama based on the book of the same name by William Bradford Huie. It recounts what happens to an African American man in a small town in the U.S. south after a young white woman (Linda Evans) is sexually assaulted and beaten.

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1974 - American - Motion picture - Drama - William Bradford Huie - African American - U.S. south - White - Linda Evans

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For his 1967 book, William Huie had received death threats and the Ku Klux Klan burned a cross on his front lawn.

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Ku Klux Klan - Burned a cross

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Despite the casting of major stars, the film was not well received with considerable rumormongering that Marvin and Burton were both continuously drunk on the set.

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