Who can identify this film

This is something I recall watching as a kid with my parents, so I’m assuming was 80s or earlier (60s thru 80s, not sure of the year).

The only thing I recall is there was a blind guy, and there was a scene involving the KKK. In the scene the KKK had someone who they were going to abuse, so the blind guy follows a rope outside while armed with a handgun. The KKK distract him by throwing rocks and the blind guy shoots at where he hears the sounds.

When I try to use google to figure out the film title, all I can find is references to the Chappelle show skit about the blind black Klansman.

Places in the Heart, 1984. John Malkovich played the blind man who could identify Klan members by their voices.