Tick... Tick... Tick...

Jan 9, 1970

1h 40m

★ 6.5

Two men with nothing in common but the hate that surrounds them.

Overview

Racial tensions threaten to explode when a black man is elected sheriff of a small, racially divided town in the Deep South.

Genres

Drama

Action

Production Companies

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

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Cast

Jimmy Price

Jim Brown

John Little

George Kennedy

Mayor Jeff Parks

Fredric March

Julia Little

Lynn Carlin

Bengy Springer

Don Stroud

Mary Price

Janet MacLachlan

Bradford Wilkes

Richard Elkins

D.J. Rankin

Clifton James

John Braddock

Robert Random

Joe Warren

Mills Watson

George Harley

Bernie Casey

Junior

Dub Taylor

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