Macon County Line
1974 American independent film directed by Richard Compton / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Macon County Line is a 1974 American independent film directed by Richard Compton and produced by Max Baer Jr. Baer and Compton also co-wrote the film, in which Baer stars as a vengeful county sheriff in Georgia out for blood after his wife is brutally killed by a pair of drifters.
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Directed by | Richard Compton |
Written by | Max Baer Jr. Richard Compton |
Produced by | Max Baer Jr. Roger Camras (executive producer) Richard Franchot (associate producer) |
Starring | Alan Vint Jesse Vint Cheryl Waters Max Baer Jr. Geoffrey Lewis Joan Blackman Leif Garrett James Gammon Timothy Scott Sam Gilman |
Cinematography | Daniel Lacambre |
Edited by | Tina Hirsch |
Music by | Stu Phillips |
Distributed by | American International Pictures |
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Running time | 89 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $225,000 |
Box office | $30 million[1] $9.1 million[2] |
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The $225,000 film reportedly became the most profitable film of 1974 (in cost-to-gross ratio), earning $18.8 million in North America[3] and over $30 million worldwide.[1]
The film is docudrama in tone, though it was presented as "a true story" to attract a wider audience. The plot and characters are entirely fictional.[4]