Skip to Content

Slideshow

PREVIOUSLY PLAYED

THE LIBERATION OF L.B. JONES

Thursday, April 28

12:30   7:20

BUY TICKETS
$11.00 Member$17.00 RegularBecome a Member

U.S., 1970
Directed by William Wyler
Starring Lee J. Cobb, Roscoe Lee Browne, Lola Falana, Fayard Nicholas
Screenplay by Stirling Silliphant, based on a novel by Jesse Hill Ford
35mm. Approx. 102 min.

In the Deep, Deep South, wealthy Black undertaker Roscoe Lee Browne hires lawyer Lee J. Cobb to handle his divorce from sexy wife Lola Falana - only trouble is, the co-respondent is white trash cop, Anthony Zerbe. Wyler’s final film.

Reviews

“Wyler sets up genre expectations of the liberal Hollywood movie that he then ruthlessly dismantles.”
– Neil Sinyard, Sight & Sound

Film Forum

Now Playing Email Us Map & Directions Site Credits Privacy Policy

© 2024, Film Forum, Inc. All rights reserved. Not to be reprinted without permission.

We at Film Forum stand against violence, oppression, and racism.
We join all those who mourn the senseless loss of life and who work to build a more just world.
Black Lives Matter.

Film Forum acknowledges the Lenape peoples, the original native New Yorkers, on whose land our theater is located.
This acknowledgement reflects our commitment to shedding light on the ongoing legacies of settler colonialism and forced migration.

Film Forum is committed to accessibility. If you are using assistive technologies like a screen reader or magnifier and
are experiencing difficulties accessing this website, please let us know by emailing filmforum@filmforum.org