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Macon County Line
Macon County Line

Macon County Line (1974)

59% User Rating
1h 29min
Drama
Action

"They're on the bad side of the wrong man."

A vengeful Southern sheriff is out for blood after his wife is brutally killed by a pair of drifters. Low-budget film set in Georgia in 1953 and at the time of release, purported to be based on a true story.

Richard ComptonDirector

Cast

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Alan Vint

Alan Vint

Chris Dixon

Cheryl Waters

Cheryl Waters

Jenny Scott

Geoffrey Lewis

Geoffrey Lewis

Hamp

Max Baer Jr.

Max Baer Jr.

Deptuty Reed Morgan

Joan Blackman

Joan Blackman

Carol Morgan

Jesse Vint

Jesse Vint

Wayne Dixon

Sam Gilman

Sam Gilman

Deputy Bill

Timothy Scott

Timothy Scott

Lon Hawkins

James Gammon

James Gammon

Elisha Gibbons

Leif Garrett

Leif Garrett

Luke Morgan

Emile Meyer

Emile Meyer

Gurney

Doodles Weaver

Doodles Weaver

Augie

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Avil Williams

Public Defender

Jay Adler

Jay Adler

Impound Yard Man

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Roger Camras

Man in Car

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David Orange

1st Highway Patrolman

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Roger Pancake

2nd Highway Patrolman

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Carolyn Judd

Waitress

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Kate Monahan

Ida

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Edward Cross

Ed

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Von Deming

Policeman

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John DeMattio

Pimp

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Linda Atnip

Police Dispatcher

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Ross Hildebrand

Man in Truck

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Annie Compton

Policewoman

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Jan Green

Whore

Reviews (1)

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Wuchak
Wuchak
Rating 60%

May 17, 2021

_**Redneck drama/thriller from 1974**_ "Macon County Line" belongs to the redneck car/thriller genre, which overlaps with Southern Gothic (e.g. "The Fugitive Kind") and redneck car/comedies (e.g. "Smokey and the Bandit"). Many of these films take place in the South, but not always; there are tons of rednecks all over, even in the most "progressive" states, like California and Washington. The plot revolves around two brothers in 1954 traveling through North Carolina. After picking up a lone female, their car breaks down in Macon County where they encounter a bigoted Sheriff. A crime takes place and the sheriff blames the trio. The film only runs 89 minutes and the first hour is all small town tedium, which is part of the movie's low-budget charm, but the third act livens things up. The screenplay was written by Max Baer Jr., best known as Jethro on the Beverly Hillbillies TV series; he also plays the redneck Sheriff in the story. Max, incidentally, directed another redneck classic, 1976's "Ode to Billy Joe". The film has a good back country vibe and effectively shows how bigotry and racism are learned traits and not innate. It also shows how easy it is to blame the wrong person due to coincidence. Beyond this, the film has little depth. It's a light drama about mundane events in a small Southern town that turn to tragedy. The movie purports to be based on a true story and offers details to this effect, but this was merely fabricated in order to hype the picture. It worked, as "Macon County Line" became a drive-in hit in the mid-70s. My main beef with the film, other than its mundaneness, is that the story takes place in Macon County, North Carolina, but the picture was shot in the Big Valley of California (around Sacramento). It goes without saying, if you're going to film a Southern Gothic thriller that takes place in the South, shoot it in the REAL South, not friggin' California. That said, the filmmakers do a decent job of making it SEEM like the South, dry as California is. GRADE: C+ or B-

Media

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Macon County Line (1974) - HD Restored Trailer [1080p]

Macon County Line (1974) - HD Restored Trailer [1080p]

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Collection

Macon County Collection

Part of

Macon County Collection

Includes: Macon County Line, Return to Macon County