Macon County Line 1974  R, 89 min.
Genre: Action / Drama
Director: Richard Compton
Cast: Alan Vint, Jesse Vint, Cheryl Waters, Max Baer Jr., Joan Blackman, Timothy Scott, James Gammon, Doodles Weaver, Geoffrey Lewis, Leif Garrett, Sam Gilman, Emile Meyer, Jay Adler, David Orange
Bobbie Gentry sings her theme song in this film based on the true story about a 1954 Georgia murder in which redneck Deputy Sheriff Reed Morgan (Max Baer Jr.) mistakenly believes that brothers Chris and Wayne Dixon (Alan Vint and Jesse Vint) raped and murdered his wife. After returning home to the murder scene, Morgan finds the brothers in his barn, claims they are the murderers, and seeks revenge. Too late, he discovers who the real murderers are. Sequel: "Return to Macon County."
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Ode to Billy Joe 1976   PG, 108 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Max Baer Jr.
Cast: Robby Benson, Glynnis O'Connor, Joan Hotchkis, Sandy McPeak, James Best, Terence Goodman, Becky Bowen, William Hallberg, Simpson Hemphill, Ed Shelnut, Eddie Talr, Frannye Capelle, Ann Martin, Rebecca Jerrigan, Will Long
The tale told in Bobby Gentry's 1967 ballad about a pair of ill-fated lovers is brought to the screen with Robby Benson in the role of 18-year-old Billy Joe McAlister and Glynnis O'Connor as 15-year-old Bobbie Lee Hartley. Bobbie's parents (Sandy McPeak and Joan Hotchkis) tell her that she must wait until she is 16 years old to date, but she is in love with Billy Joe. Their romance is destroyed when Billy Joe tells Bobbie that he has had sexual relations with a man, and Billy Joe throws himself off the Tallahachee Bridge. 1 User Review
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| | Awsome!!!! | Deanna 01/30/2007 | | OMG THIS MOVIE WAS SO GOOD THAT I THINK EVERYONE SHOULD WATCH IT!! AND I THINK THAT ROBBY BENSON WAS SO CUTE AT THAT TIME!!! BUT IT ALSO SO SAD THAT HE HAD TO DIE I CRIED SO MUCH THAT I HAD BIG RED PATCHES UNDER MY EYES!!!! AND I DIDNT REALLY GET WHY HE JUMPED OFF OF THE BRIDGE AND NOW I KNOW WHY AND IT WAS SO SAD I WHOULD HAVE NEVER THOUGHT THAT IT WAS THE GUY THAT OWNED THE LOMBER THING AND I DIDNT THINK THAT HE SHOULD HAVE NOT HAVE GOTTEN DRUNK CAUSE THEN HE DIDNT HAVE TO HAVE IT WITH THAT MAN AND HIM AND GLYNNIS O CONNER WOULD HAVE REALLY HIT IT OFF!!!!!!! IF PEOPLE HAVENT WATCHED THIS MOVIE YET YOU WLL HAVE PLENTY OF LAUGHS AND CRING MOMENTS!!!!! AND THIS MOVIE IS SO SO SO SO SO SAD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
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| 1. Macon County Line (1974)
2. Ode to Billy Joe (1976)
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