Macon County Line

It shouldn’t have happened, it couldn’t have happened, but it did! In the Fall of ‘54, two brothers (real-life siblings Alan and Jesse Vint) tool around the South, killing time by picking up a pretty hitchhiker (Cheryl Waters) and looking for laughs before shipping off to the Army. But their good time trip turns into a redneck nightmare when they cross paths with a small town sheriff (producer, co-writer and co-star Max Baer Jr., best known as Jethro on The Beverly Hillbillies), who mistakes them for the ruthless criminals responsible for murdering his wife. Unfortunately, there’s no turning back once you hit the Macon County Line. With nuanced characters and stellar performances (especially by Baer as the terrifying lawman), this downbeat docudrama artfully transcends its humble low budget origins to become one of the greatest gems of the drive-in era.