美国金球奖(1971;第28届) 提名-最佳女新人 Lola Falana; L·B·琼斯是一个靠承办葬礼而富裕的黑人,他到奥玛的律师事务所寻求法律帮助,他想和自己年轻的妻子艾玛离婚,因为艾玛和一名白人警官威利有染,但他不想把这件事情闹大。奥玛担心这个案件会加剧当地的种族矛盾,他私下去找威利,想把这件事情在庭外和解,但威利和他的兄弟采取了暴力的形式来解决这件事情……A gloomy vision of the possibility of decent relations between whites and blacks anywhere, including the South. Undertaker L.B. Jones, the richest black man in his county of Tennessee, is divorcing his wife for infidelity with a white policeman. Taking a stand against racism, he is greeted with a hostile bunch of Southern bigots and other various stereotypes. Written by Sterling Silliphant ("In the Heat of the Night"). Director William Wyler's final film.