The Liberation of L.B. Jones/Fun Facts
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- Film debuts of Lola Falana and Brenda Sykes. Falana was nominated for "Most Promising Newcomer- Female" at the 1971 Golden Globe Awards, losing to Diary of a Mad Housewife's Carrie Snodgress.
- Final film of director William Wyler.
- First time a black man was shown murdering a white man on-screen.
- Jesse Hill Ford based his novel on a real event in Humboldt, Tennessee, changing only names.
