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* CorruptHick: Sheriff Bascomb's deputy, Butt Cutt Cates, [[spoiler:who is in league with the Klan himself.]]
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* DirtyCop: Sheriff Bascomb's deputy, Butt Cutt Cates, [[spoiler:who is in league with the Klan himself.]]
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* RapeDiscretionShot: The film demurely cuts away from the unseen man raping Nancy. Horrifically averted when [[spoiler:Loretta is raped by Cates]], which is graphically shown. [[note]]in the original novel, she is raped in a prison cell in the county jail as entertainment for a paying audience, this being organised by Cates; a mentally impaired black prisoner with a larger-than-usual penis is told she is his to play with[[/note]]
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* TheFaceless: The face of Nancy's attacker (and in fact, most of his body) is never seen. The one clear shot of any part of him is a [[FreezeFrameBonus freeze-frame shot]] of his rather dark arm before attacking Nancy that shows that he attacking, leaving it ambiguous if it is black.because the man is black or because it was dark when the attack happened.
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''The Klansman'' is a 1974 American drama film directed by Creator/TerenceYoung and starrig Creator/LeeMarvin, Creator/RichardBurton, Lola Falana, Linda Evans and, in his feature film debut, O. J. Simpson.
When white woman Nancy Poteet (Evans) is sexually assaulted and beaten by a unknown black man in a small town in the DeepSouth, the UsefulNotes/KuKluxKlan begins a campaign of terror against black people. Sheriff Track Bascomb (Marvin) tries to find the guilty party in the rape and calm down the racial tensions while seeking the involvement of Breck Stancill (Burton), a local landowner who helps the African-American community.
Meanwhile, Garth (Simpson) barely escapes with his life after an ambush by the KKK, but a friend of his is killed, after which Garth begins a vigilante set to take out members of the Klan.
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!!This film features examples of:
* CorruptHick: Sheriff Bascomb's deputy, Butt Cutt Cates, [[spoiler:who is in league with the Klan himself.]]
* DeepSouth: The film is set in the deep south and tackles racism and members of the KKK.
* ExcusePlot: Nancy's rape is only used as an excuse to ignite the film's conflict between the KKK and the protagonists, and isn't brought up once the conflict is in full gear. Even Nancy herself seems to forget it once she befriends Breck.
* TheFaceless: The face of Nancy's attacker (and in fact, most of his body) is never seen. The one clear shot of any part of him is a [[FreezeFrameBonus freeze-frame shot]] of his arm before attacking Nancy that shows that he is black.
* GroinAttack: It is mentioned that the Klan's victims get castrated.
* KarmaHoudini: Whoever was responsible for Nancy's rape is never shown to be brought to justice.
* TheKlan: Featured prominently, as the title implies.
* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: The white supremacist villains.
* RapeDiscretionShot: The film demurely cuts away from the unseen black man raping Nancy. Horrifically averted when [[spoiler:Loretta is raped by Cates]], which is graphically shown.
* ScaryBlackMan: Garth becomes one when he decides to take out members of the Klan after barely escaping an encounter with them.
* TheSheriff: Sheriff Track Bascomb, who tries to resolve the film's conflict.
* SouthernGothic: While nothing supernatural is going on, the film has such a heavy and oppressive atmosphere that at times it borders on becoming a southern gothic.
* TownWithADarkSecret: Black people are getting murdered by the Klan and half the townspeople are in on it.
* VigilanteMan: Garth starts taking out members of the Klan one by one after he barely escapes an encounter with them that ends with one of his friends killed.
* VillainWithGoodPublicity: TheKlan appears to be this among the white citizens of the town, to the point that the Mayor is invited to one of their reunions despite not being a member, and despite making a point that non-whites are considered a part of society, still states his belief that the Klan are somehow doing a service to the community.
* WouldHitAGirl: [[spoiler:Deputy Cates beats up and rapes Loretta.]]
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''The Klansman'' is a 1974 American drama film directed by Creator/TerenceYoung and starrig Creator/LeeMarvin, Creator/RichardBurton, Lola Falana, Linda Evans and, in his feature film debut, O. J. Simpson.
When white woman Nancy Poteet (Evans) is sexually assaulted and beaten by a unknown black man in a small town in the DeepSouth, the UsefulNotes/KuKluxKlan begins a campaign of terror against black people. Sheriff Track Bascomb (Marvin) tries to find the guilty party in the rape and calm down the racial tensions while seeking the involvement of Breck Stancill (Burton), a local landowner who helps the African-American community.
Meanwhile, Garth (Simpson) barely escapes with his life after an ambush by the KKK, but a friend of his is killed, after which Garth begins a vigilante set to take out members of the Klan.
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!!This film features examples of:
* CorruptHick: Sheriff Bascomb's deputy, Butt Cutt Cates, [[spoiler:who is in league with the Klan himself.]]
* DeepSouth: The film is set in the deep south and tackles racism and members of the KKK.
* ExcusePlot: Nancy's rape is only used as an excuse to ignite the film's conflict between the KKK and the protagonists, and isn't brought up once the conflict is in full gear. Even Nancy herself seems to forget it once she befriends Breck.
* TheFaceless: The face of Nancy's attacker (and in fact, most of his body) is never seen. The one clear shot of any part of him is a [[FreezeFrameBonus freeze-frame shot]] of his arm before attacking Nancy that shows that he is black.
* GroinAttack: It is mentioned that the Klan's victims get castrated.
* KarmaHoudini: Whoever was responsible for Nancy's rape is never shown to be brought to justice.
* TheKlan: Featured prominently, as the title implies.
* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: The white supremacist villains.
* RapeDiscretionShot: The film demurely cuts away from the unseen black man raping Nancy. Horrifically averted when [[spoiler:Loretta is raped by Cates]], which is graphically shown.
* ScaryBlackMan: Garth becomes one when he decides to take out members of the Klan after barely escaping an encounter with them.
* TheSheriff: Sheriff Track Bascomb, who tries to resolve the film's conflict.
* SouthernGothic: While nothing supernatural is going on, the film has such a heavy and oppressive atmosphere that at times it borders on becoming a southern gothic.
* TownWithADarkSecret: Black people are getting murdered by the Klan and half the townspeople are in on it.
* VigilanteMan: Garth starts taking out members of the Klan one by one after he barely escapes an encounter with them that ends with one of his friends killed.
* VillainWithGoodPublicity: TheKlan appears to be this among the white citizens of the town, to the point that the Mayor is invited to one of their reunions despite not being a member, and despite making a point that non-whites are considered a part of society, still states his belief that the Klan are somehow doing a service to the community.
* WouldHitAGirl: [[spoiler:Deputy Cates beats up and rapes Loretta.]]
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