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    The Liberation of L.B. Jones

    R1970 · Drama · 1h 41m

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  1. The Liberation of L.B. Jones is a 1970 American neo noir film directed by William Wyler, his final project in a career that spanned 45 years. The screenplay by Jesse Hill Ford and Stirling Silliphant is based on Ford's 1965 novel The Liberation of Lord Byron Jones.

  2. Jun 25, 1970 · The Liberation of L.B. Jones: Directed by William Wyler. With Lee J. Cobb, Anthony Zerbe, Roscoe Lee Browne, Lola Falana. A successful African American businessman has a quarrel with a white policeman, suspecting that he is having an affair with his wife.

  3. May 21, 2020 · Richard Brody on the 1970 film “The Liberation of L. B. Jones,” which shines a light on racial injustice in a fictional town in Tennessee in the early years after Jim Crow ended.

  4. Undertaker L.B. Jones, the richest black man in his county of Tennessee, is divorcing his wife for infidelity with a white policeman. Taking a stand against racism, he is greeted with a hostile bunch of Southern bigots and other various stereotypes.

  5. Arriving on the same train is Sonny Boy Mosby, a young black bent on avenging a childhood beating inflicted by white policeman Stanley Bumpas. Hedgepath is persuaded by Steve to accept the divorce suit of Lord Byron Jones, a wealthy black funeral director.

  6. Undertaker L.B. Jones, the richest black man in his county of Tennessee, is divorcing his wife for infidelity with a white policeman. Taking a stand against racism, he is greeted with a hostile bunch of Southern bigots and other various stereotypes.

  7. Undertaker L.B. Jones, the richest black man in his county of Tennessee, is divorcing his wife for infidelity with a white policeman. Taking a stand against racism, he is greeted with a hostile bunch of Southern bigots and other various stereotypes.

  8. The Liberation of L.B. Jones. A wealthy undertaker seeks to engage a respected lawyer to represent him in a divorce action against his young wife. The film is sufficiently...

  9. The Liberation of L.B. Jones. 1970 · 1 hr 43 min. R. Drama. Follows the violent fallout when a wealthy Black businessman files for divorce against his much younger wife whos having an affair with a white cop. Subtitles: English. Starring: Lee J. Cobb Anthony Zerbe Lola Falana Lee Majors Barbara Hershey Yaphet Kotto. Directed by: William Wyler.

  10. Written by PT. Time Out says. A surprisingly tough-minded adaptation of Jesse Hill Ford 's novel of Southern racism, with co-scriptwriter Stirling Silliphant eschewing the easy options of his...

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