Racial tensions threaten to explode when a black man is elected sheriff of a small, racially divided town in the Deep South.
Cast
Jim Brown
Jimmy Price
George Kennedy
John Little
Fredric March
Mayor Jeff Parks
Lynn Carlin
Julia Little
Don Stroud
Bengy Springer
Janet MacLachlan
Mary Price
Richard Elkins
Bradford Wilkes
Clifton James
D.J. Rankin
Robert Random
John Braddock
Mills Watson
Joe Warren
Bernie Casey
George Harley
Dub Taylor
Junior
Anthony James
H.C. Tolbert
Ernest Anderson
Homer
Karl Swenson
Frank Braddock Sr.
Barry Cahill
Bob Braddock
Anne Whitfield
Mrs. Dawes
Bill Walker
John Sawyer
Dan Frazer
Ira Jackson
Leonard O. Smith
Fred Price
Renny Rooker
Shoeshine Boy
Roy Glenn
The Drunk
George Cisar
Joe - Barber
Paulene Myers
Mrs. Harley
Dino Washington
Randy Harley
Calvin Brown
Harrison Harley
Beverly Taylor
Sara Jean
Almira Sessions
Townswoman (uncredited)
Ralph Nelson
New York driver caught in speed trap (uncredited)
Crew
Ralph Nelson
Director, Producer
James Lee Barrett
Screenplay, Producer
Alex Beaton
Editor
Loyal Griggs
Director of Photography
Michael S. Glick
Assistant Director
William S. Gilmore
Producer, Unit Production Manager
Leonard Murphy
Casting
Evelyn Coffey
Hairstylist
William Tuttle
Makeup Artist
Jerry Styner
Original Music Composer
Robert R. Benton
Set Decoration
Don Greenwood Jr.
Set Decoration
Calvin Brown
Stunts
Franklin Milton
Recording Supervision
George W. Davis
Art Direction
William Glasgow
Art Direction
