The liberation of L.B. Jones
Subtitle: a story of Southern hospitality
By: Columbia Pictures presents a William Wyler film ; a William Wyler-Ronald Lubin production ; screenplay by Stirling Silliphant and Jesse Hill Ford ; produced by Ronald Lubin ; directed by William Wyler
Contributors: Cobb, Lee J., 1911-1976; Zerbe, Anthony, 1936-; Browne, Roscoe Lee; Majors, Lee, 1939-; Hershey, Barbara, 1948-; Kotto, Yaphet, 1939-; Johnson, Arch, 1923-; Wills, Chill, 1902-1978; Falana, Lola; Nicholas, Fayard; Taylor, Dub, 1907-1994; Columbia Pictures; Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm)
Publisher: Columbia Pictures; Distributed by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Culver City, Calif
Language: eng
Format: [videorecording] :
Number of pages: 103
Subjects: Black Businesspeople; Race relations; Man-woman relationships; Conduct of life; Divorce; Drama; Interracial dating; Adultery; Film adaptations
Description: Lord Byron Jones is a black businessman who owns a successful undertaking business, and is married to the very young and desirable Emma. His ability to cooperate with the white community is clearly an asset in the genteel town of Somerset, Tennessee. When Emma has an affair with a white policeman, divorce ensues and the stage is set for high drama.
Notes: Title from container.

Originally released as a motion picture in 1969.

Based on the novel The liberation of Lord Byron Jones by Jesse Hill Ford.

This disc is a DVD-R and may fail to play on some DVD equipment.

Director of photography, Robert Surtees ; supervising editor, Robert Swink ; music, Elmer Bernstein.

Lee J. Cobb, Anthony Zerbe, Roscoe Lee Browne, Lee Majors, Barbara Hershey, Yaphet Kotto, Arch Johnson, Chill Wills, Lola Falana, Fayard Nicholas, Dub Taylor.

MPAA rating: R.

DVD.

English audio.