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| Movie | |
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| German title | ... tick ... tick ... tick ... |
| Original title | ... tick ... tick ... tick ... |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1970 |
| length | 100 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
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| Director | Ralph Nelson |
| script | James Lee Barrett |
| production | James Lee Barrett, Ralph Nelson |
| music | Jerry Styner |
| camera | Loyal Griggs |
| cut | Alex Beaton |
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… Tick… tick… tick… (the original title is the same) is an American feature film from 1970 by Ralph Nelson . The script was written by James Lee Barrett . The leading roles are cast with Jim Brown , George Kennedy , Frederic March and Lynn Carlin . The work had its world premiere on January 9, 1970 in the USA. The first time the film was seen in Germany was on March 20, 1970.
action
Most of the residents of the Californian town of Colusa are black. When one of their ranks, former military policeman Jim Price, applied for the office of sheriff for the first time , he received the most votes. While the old Mayor Parks adopts a neutral, wait-and-see attitude, the former sheriff John Little proves not only to be a fair loser, but after the initial hesitation is more and more open to his successor. So it is inevitable that both he and Jim Price will soon be the target of cheeky provocations by whites. Some blacks also react angrily because they had hoped for a favoritism from the new sheriff.
Little by little, the entire population of Colusa has to realize that Jim Price was a good deal. Nevertheless, the old prejudices are so strong that an external reason is first needed to openly take sides with the new sheriff: Together with him, the people of Colusa prevent citizens of a neighboring town from freeing a young white man who is drunk a little Killed the girl and was arrested by Price.
criticism
The Protestant film observer comes to a positive verdict: “Solid and excitingly built film that tries to break down false prejudices in a simple and plausible way. That is why it can be recommended from the age of 12. "The lexicon of international films succinctly states that the film is an" entertainment film on the trail of ' In the Heat of the Night ' ". The state film evaluation agency Wiesbaden gave the work the rating "valuable".
Web links
- … Tick… tick… tick… in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Source: Evangelischer Filmbeobachter , Evangelischer Presseverband München, Review No. 39/1970, p. 136
- ↑ Lexicon of international films , rororo-Taschenbuch No. 6322 (1988), p. 3777