credit to the white race. At the same time, Bobo is taking a stroll with Mrs. Anderson, who tells him of how her husband was beaten to the point of sterility by a white mob. Georgia sings her new song, "I Can Call Down Rain;" Michael is in attendance and appears mesmerized by the performance. Herbert is concerned about the budding interracial relationship, but not hostile. Mrs. Anderson brings Bobo to Georgia's dressing room, where she and Herbert are talking; a furious Georgia pushes Mrs. Anderson out of the room. Michael snaps his last photos of Georgia and invites her to his apartment, and they decide to have sex. Word of their romance reaches Mrs. Anderson, who is incensed by what she perceives as a slight upon the black race. When Georgia tells Mrs. Anderson how good Michael makes her feel, she convinces the singer to let her brush her hair. After strangling Georgia, Mrs. Anderson brushes her dead victim's hair while singing "This Little Light of Mine". Cast Dirk Benedict as Michael Winters Diana Sands as Georgia Martin Stig Engström as Lars James Thomas Finley Jr. as Jack Roger Furman as Herbert Thompson Minnie Gentry as Mrs. Alberta Anderson Tina Hedström as The Waitress Randolph Henry as Gus Diana Kjær as Birgit Lars-Erik Berenett as Reception Clerk Vibeke Løkkeberg as Guest Artie Sheppard as Scottie Terry Whitmore as "Bobo" Reception A. H. Weiler of The New York Times gave the film a mixed review, saying that Angelou and the cast "cannot be faulted for lack of purpose and sincerity…[b]ut their emotions are, sadly enough, too often projected in rhetoric and surface histrionics rather than drama." He praised Sands' "finely tuned performance" as Georgia and Björkman's direction, but criticizes Angelou's writing as "too often simplistic and only occasionally memorable." References Citations Sources External links 1972 films 1972 drama films American drama films Swedish drama films English-language Swedish films Films directed by Stig Björkman Films with screenplays by Maya Angelou Cinerama Releasing Corporation films 1970s English-language films 1970s American films 1970s Swedish films