Hurry Sundown

Following the Second World War, a northern cannery combine negotiates for the purchase of a large tract of uncultivated Georgia farmland. The major portion of the land is owned by Julie Ann Warren and has already been optioned by her unscrupulous, draft dodging husband, Henry. Now the combine must also obtain two smaller plots - one owned by Henry's cousin Rad McDowell, a combat veteran with a wife and family; the other by Reeve Scott, a young black man whose mother had been Julie's childhood Mammy. But neither Rad nor Reeve is interested in selling and they form an unprecedented black and white partnership to improve their land. Although infuriated by the turn of events, Henry remains determined to push through the big land deal. And when Reeve's mother Rose dies, Henry tries to persuade his wife to charge Reeve with illegal ownership of his property, confident the the bigoted Judge Purcell will rule against a Negro.

Country:

United States of America

Genre:

Drama

Duration:

146 minutes

Year:

1967

Director:

Otto Preminger

)}

Company:

Paramount Pictures,

Otto Preminger Films

Cast:

Henry Warren

Julie Ann Warren

Rad McDowell

Vivian Thurlow

Reeve Scott

Crew:

Producer

Director

Screenplay

Screenplay

Director of Photography