

“Two men with nothing in common but the hate that surrounds them.”
Racial tensions threaten to explode when a black man is elected sheriff of a small, racially divided town in the Deep South.

Jim Brown
Jimmy Price
Lead
George Kennedy
John Little

Fredric March
Mayor Jeff Parks

Lynn Carlin
Julia Little

Don Stroud
Bengy Springer

Janet MacLachlan
Mary Price
Richard Elkins
Bradford Wilkes

Clifton James
D.J. Rankin
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Ralph Nelson's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
“Every frame feels alive. … tick… tick… tick… is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”