- Release Date: 1970
- Runtime: 100 min
- Genre: Action, Drama
- Starring: Jim Brown, George Kennedy, Fredric March, Lynn Carlin ... see all
- Director: Ralph Nelson
- Plot: This is the story of a black man (Jim Brown) who has been elected sheriff in a U.S. southern county, due to the vote of blacks. He receives a huge... Read more
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tick...tick...tick
Feb 23, 2007
flhinton - imdb.com
Feb 23, 2007flhinton - imdb.com
I disagree with an earlier post that criticized this film as not being very well made. Having grown up in the South, I felt that the film conveyed the ugliness of racism very well. I think that this was a... Full review
Unique view of this movie
Dec 09, 2006
Ingemar woods - imdb.com
Dec 09, 2006Ingemar woods - imdb.com
I have the unique experience of watching the movie and also watching the movie being made. I am from Sutter county California which is where a great deal of the filming was done. Also, my father had a bit part... Full review
southern realism
Dec 08, 2006
K-Smith-7 - imdb.com
Dec 08, 2006K-Smith-7 - imdb.com
This was one of my most memorable movies from when I was a kid. It seems to be about real people, who move from humor to fierce tension back to humor again. Northern organizers help a southern black man get... Full review
Wish soundtrack on CD
Jul 11, 2006
milo-pedal - imdb.com
Jul 11, 2006milo-pedal - imdb.com
The movie are really good one.I'm interested it is possible to buy soundtrack. There is a one song I like very much. But I could not find out the song name or who is singer.If some one can tell me... Full review
Surprisingly good
Oct 21, 2004
Renaldo Matlin - imdb.com
Oct 21, 2004Renaldo Matlin - imdb.com
Film-critic Leonard Maltin called this "a poor man's In the Heat of the Night", which sounds like an easy way to dismiss a movie that is actually quite good on it's own terms, and not really anywhere close "In the... Full review
Quite Good, But tackles it's subject matter to strongly.
Mar 05, 2004
sebaveron2001 - imdb.com
Mar 05, 2004sebaveron2001 - imdb.com
tick...tick...tick..., is a really good film in some ways, well if it had been in the right hands it would have been fantastic, one of the films problems is the bad screenplay and the cheaply used colour which makes it... Full review
Under Rated!!!
Sep 07, 2001
kenandraf - imdb.com
Sep 07, 2001kenandraf - imdb.com
Good drama movie about racism.This film is very under rated due to it's message hitting hard with few punches pulled.Brown gives a very good performance here and so do all the other actors.I like the cinematography color here,very crisp and... Full review
Jim Brown takes over as a sheriff of a racially segregated southern town from George Kennedy in the 50's. Excellent human nature study of the time when a turn of events forces Brown to seek Kennedy's assistance with a tense... Full review
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