---
title: 'Macon County Line (1974)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Richard Compton'
released: '1974-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 89
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Action'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/macon-county-line-1974'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0071788/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Macon County Line (1974)

1974 · 89 min · Drama, Action · United States


## Synopsis

Macon County Line is a 1974 American independent Southern Gothic crime thriller film directed by Richard Compton who cowrote the film's screenplay with Max Baer Jr. basing it on the real life murder of a woman in rural Macon County, Tennessee, and the actions of retribution taken by community members against three young people who were falsely accused of the crime.

## Credits

- **Screenplay:** [Max Baer, Jr.](https://cinepixo.com/people/max-baer-jr)
- **Producer:** [Max Baer, Jr.](https://cinepixo.com/people/max-baer-jr), [Richard Franchot](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-franchot)
- **Director:** [Richard Compton](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-compton)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Bobbie Gentry](https://cinepixo.com/people/bobbie-gentry)
- **Director of Photography:** [Daniel Lacambre](https://cinepixo.com/people/daniel-lacambre)
- **Editor:** [Tina Hirsch](https://cinepixo.com/people/tina-hirsch)

## Cast

- [Geoffrey Lewis](https://cinepixo.com/people/geoffrey-lewis)
- [James Gammon](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-gammon)
- [Joan Blackman](https://cinepixo.com/people/joan-blackman)
- [Max Baer, Jr.](https://cinepixo.com/people/max-baer-jr)
- [Cheryl Waters](https://cinepixo.com/people/cheryl-waters)
- [Leif Garrett](https://cinepixo.com/people/leif-garrett)
- [Alan Vint](https://cinepixo.com/people/alan-vint)

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