The Liberation of L.B. Jones
| The Liberation of L.B. Jones | |
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| Directed by | William Wyler |
| Screenplay by | Jesse Hill Ford Stirling Silliphant |
| Based on | The Liberation of Lord Byron Jones 1965 novel by Jesse Hill Ford |
| Produced by | A. Ronald Lubin |
| Starring | Lee J. Cobb Anthony Zerbe Roscoe Lee Browne Lee Majors Barbara Hershey Yaphet Kotto Chill Wills Lola Falana |
| Cinematography | Robert Surtees |
| Edited by | Carl Kress |
| Music by | Elmer Bernstein |
Production company | Liberation Company |
| Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
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Running time | 102 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $3.5 million |
| Box office | $1.3 million (US/ Canada rentals) |
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. The novel, in turn, was based on events that happened in a Southern town where writer Ford lived. After he wrote the book, he was verbally attacked for writing about the events that had occurred in his town. The motion picture's release added to the controversy, especially in Humboldt, Tennessee, where Ford lived.
The film stars Roscoe Lee Browne, Lee J. Cobb, Lola Falana, Anthony Zerbe, Lee Majors, Arch Johnson, Yaphet Kotto, Eve McVeagh, Chill Wills and Barbara Hershey in an early role.