(originally titled Hurry Sundown ) is a 1967 American drama film produced and directed by Otto Preminger . It is a Southern Gothic work that explores racial tensions and corporate greed in post-World War II Georgia. Film Overview Release Year : 1967. Director : Otto Preminger.
: Starring Michael Caine as Henry Warren, Jane Fonda as Julie Ann Warren, and Faye Dunaway in her film debut.
The story follows Henry Warren, an ambitious and unscrupulous developer who attempts to buy up tracts of uncultivated Georgia farmland for a northern cannery combine. To close the deal, he must acquire two specific plots:
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In a rare move for the era, Rad and Reeve form a partnership to improve their land rather than selling it. Infuriated, Henry uses heavy-handed tactics and legal manipulation—exploiting the era's deep-seated bigotry—to try and force them off their property.
One owned by his cousin, , a white combat veteran. One owned by Reeve Scott , a young Black man.
