| Macon County Line | |
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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 |
Release date |
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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] |
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.
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]
- ^ a b Mavis, Paul (6 May 2008). "DVDTalk.com Macon County Line Review". Archived from the original on 30 August 2011. Retrieved 23 May 2012.
- ^ Donahue, Suzanne Mary (1987). American film distribution : the changing marketplace. UMI Research Press. p. 300. Please note figures are for rentals in US and Canada
- ^ Macon County Line, Box Office Information. Archived 2012-04-13 at the Wayback Machine The Numbers. Retrieved July 7, 2012.
- ^ Richard Compton (2000). Macon County Line (1973) (DVD). Anchor Bay.