Macon County Line may have been Max Baer, Jr's, attempt to put Jethro Bodine behind him. He was producer and was credited with writing the story and co-writing the script along with the director.
Baer plays a deputy in Macon County. He's a weirdly doting right-wing father. He buys a huge 12 gauge shotgun for his 10-year-old son (Leif Garrett) as a reward for getting a promotion at military school. He patiently explains to the little fellow that he shouldn't play with Black children.
The movie focuses on two horrible young men. They're brothers played by real life brothers Alan and Jesse Vint who have a couple of weeks before going into the Air Force. Set in 1954. They drive around in a 1949 Buick Town and Country. It's only five years old but needs a new fuel pump. They don't have money for one. When the deputy threatens to arrest them for vagrancy, they try to make it out of the county before the car quits.
I'll try not to give too much away, but Max Baer goes on the warpath when he comes home with his son and finds that his wife has been horribly murdered.
A huge hit in its day.
It might make a double feature with Night of the Shooting Stars (Italy, 1982) with its adoring Fascist father and son.
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