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The Liberation of L.B. Jones

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A wealthy undertaker seeks to engage a respected lawyer to represent him in a divorce action against his young wife.

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Richard Brody The New Yorker 05/22/2020
The film is sufficiently confrontational, its incidents sufficiently agonizing and infuriating, to reflect back at viewers a frank, bitter, and outraged political diagnosis. Go to Full Review Variety Staff Variety 07/30/2018
Unfortunately, not much more than a... sexploitation film. Go to Full Review Neil Sinyard Sight & Sound 07/30/2018
Wyler sets up genre expectations of the liberal Hollywood movie that he then ruthlessly dismantles. Go to Full Review Armond White National Review 04/27/2022
It’s a revelatory example of how post-Sixties Hollywood liberalism evolved. Go to Full Review Diane Perry New Pittsburgh Courier 12/13/2021
Attempts to enlighten, educate, and inform, become bogged down in the rhetorical nonsense of a seemingly contrived situation, never justified, throughout the film, which leaves the viewer wondering if anyone involved is at all serious. Go to Full Review Shelby Sankore Los Angeles Free Press 01/15/2020
This movie was long overdue. Consequently, it may not have the socially redeeming impact it would have had a decade ago - despite some superb acting, especially by Lee J. Cobb, Roscoe Lee Browne and Yaphet Kotto. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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Alain E @AlainE Jan 4 Boring, slow moving. There was obviously a reason this was Wyler’s last picture. See more 06/14/2021 Not a bad time piece. Some may wince at the N word. See more Read all reviews
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Cast & Crew

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William Wyler

Director

Lee J. Cobb

Oman Hedgepath

Anthony Zerbe

Willie Joe Worth

Roscoe Lee Browne

L.B. Jones

Lola Falana

Emma Jones

Lee Majors

Steve Mundine

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Movie Info

Synopsis A wealthy undertaker seeks to engage a respected lawyer to represent him in a divorce action against his young wife.
Director
William Wyler
Distributor
Columbia Pictures
Production Co
Liberation Company
Rating
R
Genre
Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Mar 18, 1970, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
May 7, 2020
Runtime
1h 41m