Macon County Line
Macon County Line is a 1974 film from the USA, directed by Richard Compton, running 89 minutes. reelscum files it under hicksploitation.
- Year
- 1974 · 1970s films
- Country
- USA
- Runtime
- 89 min
- Director
- Richard Compton
- Updated
- 10 Aug 2026
- Obscurity
- obscure (65/100)
- Also known as
- Killing Time
Defined in the glossary: Hicksploitation
One of the most profitable independents ever made. Nastier than its reputation.
One of the most profitable independent films ever made relative to its cost, and nastier than its reputation. Two brothers and a hitchhiker run afoul of a Southern deputy who wrongly blames them for his wife's murder, and the film builds to a grim, unfair reckoning. It claims to be based on a true story, which it mostly is not.
Max Baer Jr, of all people, produced, co-wrote and stars as the vengeful lawman, and the sense of dread as the misunderstanding curdles into violence is genuine. The ending offers no comfort.
A bleak, effective drive-in hit that punches above its budget.
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