A small southern town has just been rocked by a tragedy: a young white woman has been raped by a black man. When young black man Garth witnesses the Ku Klux Klan's violent retaliation against his innocent friend, Garth declares a one-man war on the Klan and hunts them down one-by-one.

Richard Burton
as Breck Stancill

Lee Marvin
as Sheriff Track Bascomb

Cameron Mitchell
as Butt Cutt Cates

Lola Falana
as Loretta Sykes

Linda Evans
as Nancy Poteet

Luciana Paluzzi
as Trixie

O. J. Simpson
as Garth

David Huddleston
as Mayor Hardy Riddle

Jeannie Bell
as Mary Anne

Hoke Howell
as Bobby Poteet