The Liberation of L.B. Jones (1970)
March 18, 1970Release Date
The Liberation of L.B. Jones (1970)
March 18, 1970Release Date
Plot.
Where to Watch.
Cast & Crew.
Lee J. Cobb
Oman Hedgepath
Anthony Zerbe
Willie Joe Worth
Roscoe Lee Browne
Lord Byron 'L.B.' Jones
Lola Falana
Emma Jones
Lee Majors
Steve Mundine
Barbara Hershey
Nella Mundine
Yaphet Kotto
Sonny Boy Mosby
Arch Johnson
Stanley Bumpas
Chill Wills
Mr. Ike
Zara Cully
Mama Lavorn
Fayard Nicholas
Benny Smith
Joseph Attles
Henry
Lauren Jones
Erleen Parsons
Dub Taylor
Mayor
Brenda Sykes
Jelly
Larry D. Mann
Grocer
Ray Teal
Chief of Police
Eve McVeagh
Miss Griggs
Sonora McKeller
Miss Ponsella
Robert Van Meter
Blind Man
John S. Jackson
Suspect
Jack Grinnage
Driver (uncredited)
Chris Ladd
Neighbor (uncredited)
Jordan Cronenweth
Second Unit Director of Photography
Jack Solomon
Sound
Stirling Silliphant
Screenplay
Elmer Bernstein
Original Music Composer
William Wyler
Director / Producer
Robert Surtees
Director of Photography
Robert Swink
Second Unit Director / Supervising Editor
Carl Kress
Editor
Frank Tuttle
Set Decoration
Anthony Ray
Assistant Director
Virginia Jones
Hairstylist
Pieter Bergema
Assistant Editor
A. Ronald Lubin
Producer
Ben Lane
Makeup Supervisor
Arthur Piantadosi
Sound
Mentor Huebner
Production Illustrator
Terry K. Meade
Assistant Camera
Kenneth A. Reid
Production Design
Russell Saunders
Unit Production Manager
Jesse Hill Ford
Screenplay / Novel
Doug J. Campbell
Grip
Media.
Details.
Wiki.
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.