The Liberation of L.B. Jones

Some of his best friends were black...some of her best friends were white.

A gloomy vision of the possibility of decent relations between whites and blacks anywhere, including the South. 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. Written by Sterling Silliphant ('In the Heat of the Night'). Director William Wyler's final film.

Direction

William Wyler

Screenplay

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Stirling Silliphant

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Jesse Hill Ford