Macon County Line (1974)
- Directed by
- Richard Compton
- Genre
- drama film, action film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 29m
- Rated
- R
- Rating
- 5.8 of 10 from 37 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
In 1970s rural Tennessee, three young people are falsely accused of murdering a woman. The community takes violent revenge on them.
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What happens
Macon County Line is a 1974 American independent Southern Gothic crime thriller film directed by Richard Compton who cowrote the film's screenplay with Max Baer Jr. basing it on the real life murder of a woman in rural Macon County, Tennessee, and the actions of retribution taken by community members against three young people who were falsely accused of the crime. The $225,000 film reportedly became the most profitable film of 1974 (in cost-to-gross ratio), earning $18.8 million in North America and over $30 million worldwide. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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