# Who can identify this film

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**Created:** [October 4, 2015, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-can-identify-this-film/733547 "2015-10-04T21:04:23Z")\
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**Author:** ![Wesley\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wesley_clark/32/20581_2.png) [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\
**Post date:** [October 4, 2015, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-can-identify-this-film/733547/1 "2015-10-04T21:04:23Z")

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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.

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**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\
**Post date:** [October 4, 2015, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-can-identify-this-film/733547/2 "2015-10-04T21:38:33Z")

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