Liberation of L.B. Jones (1970)
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Justice runs red in the deep South in this powerful drama. Steve Mundine (Lee Majors) is a young lawyer who, shortly after marrying his sweetheart Nella (Barbara Hershey), takes a position with a law firm in a small Southern town, run by his uncle Oman Hedgepath (Lee J. Cobb). L.B. Jones (Roscoe Lee… More Justice runs red in the deep South in this powerful drama. Steve Mundine (Lee Majors) is a young lawyer who, shortly after marrying his sweetheart Nella (Barbara Hershey), takes a position with a law firm in a small Southern town, run by his uncle Oman Hedgepath (Lee J. Cobb). L.B. Jones (Roscoe Lee Browne) is a well-to-do African-American funeral director who comes to Hedgepath's firm in search of legal representation. Jones wishes to divorce his wife Emma (Lola Falana), but his grounds make the case a hot potato -- Jones has learned Emma has been having an affair with Willie Joe Worth (Anthony Zerbe), a white police officer who is the father of Emma's unborn child. Worth does not want his affair dragged into a court of law, so he and his fellow officer Stanley Bumpas (Arch Johnson) violently take matters into their own hands. The last feature film from legendary Hollywood director William Wyler, The Liberation of L.B. Jones was based on a novel by Jesse Hill Ford. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
- Directed By
- William Wyler
- Genres
- Drama
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Cast
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Lee J Cobb
as Oman Hedgepath
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Anthony Zerbe
as Willie Joe Worth
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Roscoe Lee Browne
as Lord Byron Jones
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Lola Falana
as Emma Jones
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Lee Majors
as Steve Mundine
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Barbara Hershey
as Nella Mundine
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Yaphet Kotto
as Sonny Boy Mosby
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Arch Johnson
as Stanley Bumpas
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Chill Wills
as Mr. Ike
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Zara Cully
as Mama Lavorn
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Fayard Nicholas
as Benny
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Joe Attles
as Henry
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Lauren Jones
as Erleen
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Brenda Sykes
as Jelly
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Larry D. Mann
as Grocer
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Ray Teal
as Chief of Police
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Eve McVeagh
as Secretary
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Sonora McKeller
as Miss Ponsella
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Jack Grinnage
as Driver
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John Jackson
as Suspect
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Dub Taylor
as Mayor
