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Tick...Tick...Tick... Movie Review Summary

Actors: Jim Brown, George Kennedy, Fredric March, Don Stroud, Clifton James

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...TICK...TICK...TICK is a movie directed by Ralph Nelson in 1969.

In this small town of the deep south of the U.S.A., a new sheriff has just been elected. Jim Brown is black and he knows that it will be a tough job for him in a county where racism is still present everywhere. George Kennedy, the former sheriff will help him winning recognition when Brown must arrest a white youngster responsible of a deadly car accident. Whites and blacks will then unite to defend the town against the racist friends of the prisoner.
The review of this Movie prepared by Daniel Staebler



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Plot & Themes

Time/era of movie:    -   1960's-1970's Polit/Social/Race/Gender activism    -   Yes Plotlet:    -   racism! Job/Profession/Poverty Story?    -   Yes Job:    -   lawmen Ethnic/Regional/Gender story?    -   Yes Ethnic/region/relig    -   American Black    -   American South

Main Character

Identity:    -   Male Profession/status:    -   police/lawman Age:    -   20's-30's Ethnicity/Nationality    -   Black american

Setting

United States    -   Yes The US:    -   Deep South Small town?    -   Yes Small town people:    -   hostile, like Gomer Pyle on steroids Misc setting    -   bar

Writing Style

Accounts of torture and death?    -   generic/vague references to death/punishment

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