Free, White and 21

Free, White andis a 1963 movie by selfproclaimed schlockmeister, Larry Buchanan. It was based on the true story of the controversial trial of a black man accused of raping a white woman in Dallas, Texas in the 1960s.

The central conflict in this film is whether AfricanAmerican businessman Ernie Jones played by Frederick ONeal raped Swedish immigrant and civil rights Freedom Rider Greta Mae Hansen played by Annalena Lund. Jones was the proprietor of the hotel at which Hansen decided to stay during her time in Dallas. The movie is primarily a courtroom drama, with many of the key events portrayed in flashback sequences as Ernie Jones and Greta Mae Hansen testify.The movie was based on a true story about an English girl who stayed at a motel owned by a black man Tony Davis, who was a disc jockey. She later claimed Davis raped her and he was arrested. Davis was a friend of Buchanan and agreed to work with him on the film even before the trial finished. ........

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