Hurry Sundown (1967)

Southerner Michael Caine’s plans to sell his heiress wife Jane Fonda’s land to a northern company are thwarted when two nearby land owners, his white cousin John Philip Law and his wife’s black former nurse Beah Richards, refuse to go along. When the two poorer owners join forces, it begins a war with actual casualties. While his accent is thoroughly suspect, it’s an interesting change seeing Caine portray an unredeemably bad guy, along with Burgess Meredith as a bigoted judge. It’s a bit heavy on the stereotypes and epic melodrama overall, but I did like seeing Beah Richards and Diahann Carroll portraying smart and strong woman fighting against the system.