The Liberation of L.B. Jones
Some of his best friends were black... some of her best friends were white.
Directed by William Wyler
Produced by Liberation Company, Columbia Pictures
A tense 1970s drama about racial and sexual transgression in the American South, where institutional racism and personal betrayal collide with explosive consequences.
A successful African American businessman has a quarrel with a white policeman, suspecting that he is having an affair with his wife. The policeman's colleagues are seeking to avoid publicity.
Essence
Ensemble
Lee J. Cobb
Oman Hedgepath
Anthony Zerbe
Willie Joe Worth
Roscoe Lee Browne
Lord Byron "L.B." Jones
Lola Falana
Emma Jones
Lee Majors
Steve Mundine
Barbara Hershey
Nella Mundine
Yaphet Kotto
Sonny Boy Mosby
Arch Johnson
Stanley Bumpas
Chill Wills
Mr. Ike
Zara Cully
Mama Lavorn
Fayard Nicholas
Benny Smith
Joseph Attles
Henry
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