Hurry Sundown
Following the Second World War, a northern cannery combine negotiates for the purchase of a large tract of uncultivated Georgia farmland. The major portion of the land is owned by Julie Ann Warren and has already been optioned by her unscrupulous, draft dodging husband, Henry. Now the combine must also obtain two smaller plots - one owned by Henry's cousin Rad McDowell, a combat veteran with a wife and family; the other by Reeve Scott, a young black man whose mother had been Julie's childhood Mammy. But neither Rad nor Reeve is interested in selling and they form an unprecedented black and white partnership to improve their land. Although infuriated by the turn of events, Henry remains determined to push through the big land deal. And when Reeve's mother Rose dies, Henry tries to persuade his wife to charge Reeve with illegal ownership of his property, confident the the bigoted Judge Purcell will rule against a Negro.
Release Date
February 9, 1967Runtime
146 minGenres
DramaDirected by
Otto Preminger, Burtt Harris, Marshall Schlom, John G. Avildsen, Howard JoslinScreenplay by
Thomas C. Ryan, Horton FooteLanguage
EnglishBudget
$0Revenue
$0Status
ReleasedCast
Michael Caine
Henry WarrenJane Fonda
Julie Ann WarrenJohn Phillip Law
Rad McDowellDiahann Carroll
Vivian ThurlowRobert Hooks
Reeve ScottFaye Dunaway
Lou McDowellBurgess Meredith
Judge PurcellLoring Smith
Thomas ElwellGeorge Kennedy
Sheriff CoombsLuke Askew
Dolph HigginsonBeah Richards
Rose ScottDoro Merande
Ada HemmingsMadeleine Sherwood
Eula PurcellJim Backus
Carter SillensRobert Reed
Lars FinchleyFrank Converse
Rev. De LaveryRex Ingram
Prof. ThurlowImages
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