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3	''Hurry Sundown'' is a 1967 American drama film produced and directed by Creator/OttoPreminger, starring Creator/JaneFonda and Creator/MichaelCaine. The screenplay by Horton Foote and Thomas C. Ryan is [[TheFilmOfTheBook based on]] the 1965 novel of the same title by K.B. Gilden.[[note]]A pseudonym for the married couple Katya and Bert Gilden.[[/note]]
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5	In 1946, the bigoted and gold-digging Henry Warren (Caine) and his wife, heiress and land-owner Julie Ann (Fonda), are determined to sell their land in rural Georgia to owners of a northern canning plant, but the deal rests on selling two adjoining plots as well: one owned by Henry's cousin Rad [=McDowell=] (John Phillip Law), the other by black farmer Reeve Scott (Creator/RobertHooks), whose ailing mother Rose (Creator/BeahRichards) had been Julie's wet nurse. Neither farmer is interested in selling his land, which results in their entering into a dangerous and controversial interracial partnership to strengthen their legal claim to their land. This naturally infuriates Henry, who is prepared to do anything to fulfill his wishes.
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7	The film marked Creator/FayeDunaway's film debut, playing Rad's wife Lou.[[note]]She actually filmed the hippie-themed caper comedy ''The Happening'' earlier, but this film was released first.[[/note]] Creator/DiahannCarroll plays Vivian Thurlow, the local black schooteacher who helps Reeve prove ownership of his property when Henry challenges its legality. Creator/GeorgeKennedy and Creator/BurgessMeredith appear as Sheriff Coombs and Judge Purcell respectively.
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10	!!This film features examples of:
11	* DeathOfAChild: [[spoiler:Henry dynamites the levee above the farms, and Rad's oldest child drowns in the ensuing flood, much to Henry's dismay.]]
12	* DeepSouth: The film is set in Georgia in 1946, with all the racial tensions that implies.
13	* DraftDodging: Henry is established as having done this during [[UsefulNotes/WorldWarII the recent war]].
14	* GoldDigger: Henry married with the heiress, land-owning Julie Ann for her wealth.
15	* TheKlan: They show up to help Henry dynamite the levee above the disputed lands to flood and ruin them.
16	* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Henry is visibly dismayed when [[spoiler:the flood he engineered causes Rad's oldest child to drown]].
17	* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Julie Ann eventually gets fed up with Henry, being especially upset with Henry's treatment of their mentally-challenged young son, and decides to leave him and drop her suit against Reeve.

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