Le Pays de la Violence (1970)
Dans un patelin reculé du Tennessee, l’intègre Sheriff quinquagénaire Henry Tawes (Gregory Peck) s’éprend de la très jeune Alma McCain (Tuesday Weld) dont le père Carl McCain (Ralph Meeker) est à la tête d’une distillerie clandestine. Afin de continuer sa relation extra-maritale avec Alma, Henry est prêt à fermer les yeux sur les activités illicites de la famille de celle-ci. Mais l’adjoint du Sheriff, le Deputy Wylie Hunnicutt (Charles Durning) se doute de quelque chose…
Directeur: John Frankenheimer
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Gregory Peck as Sheriff Henry Tawes |
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Tuesday Weld as Alma McCain |
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Estelle Parsons as Ellen Haney |
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Ralph Meeker as Carl McCain |
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Charles Durning as Wylie Hunnicutt |
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Jeff Dalton as Clay McCain |
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Freddie McCloud as Buddy McCain |
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Jane Rose as Elsie |
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J.C. Evans as Grandpa Tawes |
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Margaret A. Morris as Sybil Tawes |
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Bill Littleton as Pollard |
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Leo Yates as Vogel |
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Nora Denney as Darlene Hunnicutt |
| Directing | John Frankenheimer | Director |
| Writing | Alvin Sargent | Writer |
| Production | Harold D. Cohen | Producer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Ben Lane | Makeup Department Head |
| Sound | Arthur Piantadosi | Sound |
| Production | Edward Lewis | Executive Producer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Frank Prehoda | Makeup Artist |
| Editing | Henry Berman | Editor |
| Sound | Tom Overton | Sound |
| Production | Howard Pine | Production Supervisor |
| Art | Marvin March | Set Decoration |
| Directing | Philip L. Parslow | Assistant Director |
| Writing | Madison Jones | Novel |
| Camera | David M. Walsh | Director of Photography |
| Costume & Make-Up | Lewis Brown | Costume Design |
| Art | Albert Brenner | Art Direction |
| Crew | Anthony Bavero | Property Master |
| Crew | Buddy Van Horn | Stunts |
| Costume & Make-Up | Jack Petty | Makeup Artist |
| Editing | Harold F. Kress | Supervising Film Editor |
| Sound | Johnny Cash | Original Music Composer |