The Klansman

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The Klansman

Directed by	Terence Young Ridgeway Callow (A'sst)
Produced by	William Alexander Bill Travers
Written by	William Bradford Huie (novel) Millard Kaufman Samuel Fuller (screenplay)
Starring	Lee Marvin Richard Burton
Music by	Stu Gardner Dale O. Warren
Cinematography	Lloyd Ahern
Editing by	Gene Milford
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release date(s)	October 25, 1974
Running time	112 min.
Language	English
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For the book that inspired the film The Birth of a Nation, see The Clansman.

The Klansman is a 1974 American motion picture drama based on the book of the same name by William Bradford Huie. It recounts what happens to an African American man in a small town in the U.S. south after a young white woman (Linda Evans) is sexually assaulted and beaten. Events spiral out of control when a sniper shoots a Klan member at a funeral.

For his 1967 book, William Huie had received death threats and the Ku Klux Klan burned a cross on his front lawn.

Despite the casting of major stars, the film was not well received with considerable rumormongering that Marvin and Burton were both continuously drunk on the set. Burton's accent also wavers noticeably. It is notable for featuring O.J. Simpson in the role of a black militant.