Undercover with the KKK
| Undercover with the KKK | |
|---|---|
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| Genre | Drama |
| Based on | My Undercover Years with the Ku Klux Klan by Gary Thomas Rowe Jr. |
| Screenplay by | Lane Slate |
| Directed by | Barry Shear |
| Starring | Don Meredith Ed Lauter Clifton James |
| Music by | Morton Stevens |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| Production | |
| Executive producer | Douglas Benton |
| Producers | George Lehr Debra Miles |
| Production locations | Nevada City, California Roseville, California Sacramento, California |
| Cinematography | Robert C. Moreno |
| Editor | Jack Kampschroer |
| Running time | 97 minutes |
| Production company | Columbia Pictures Television |
| Original release | |
| Network | NBC |
| Release | October 23, 1979[1] |
Undercover with the KKK is a 1979 NBC TV movie based on the autobiography My Undercover Years with the Ku Klux Klan by Gary Thomas Rowe Jr. and starring Don Meredith as Rowe.
Premise
[edit]The film tells the true story of Gary Thomas Rowe Jr., who infiltrated the Ku Klux Klan as an undercover agent and then testified as a key witness for the prosecution during the trial of several other Klansmen.[2]
Cast
[edit]- Don Meredith as FBI Agent Gary Thomas Rowe Jr.
- Ed Lauter as Raleigh Porter
- Clifton James as Jimmy Eakin
- Albert Salmi as Lester Mitchell
- Michele Carey as Mary Beth Barker
- Lance LeGault as "Weasel"
- Margaret Blye as Billie Ruth Rowe
- Edward Andrews as Pat Murray
- Slim Pickens as Yancey Hicks
- James Wainwright as T.J. Barker
- Don "Red" Barry as Ben Wright
- Ron Trice as Roscoe Cobb
- Carl Lumbly as Reverend Lowell
- Robert Stack as The Narrator
References
[edit]- ^ "Undercover with the KKK". IMDb.com. Retrieved 22 June 2019.
- ^ "Undercover With the KKK (1979) - Overview - TCM.com". Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved 22 June 2019.
External links
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- NBC original films
- 1979 films
- American biographical drama films
- American crime drama films
- 1970s biographical films
- 1970s biographical drama films
- Films about racism
- Films directed by Barry Shear
- American docudrama films
- 1979 television films
- Films about the Ku Klux Klan
- 1979 crime drama films
- 1970s English-language films
- 1970s American films
- English-language biographical drama films
- English-language crime drama films
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