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This is much better than Mississippi Burning. This is a true story about the three civil rights workers who were murdered. Now what makes it interesting is, the FBI is interviewing Witnesses.

As they interview the witnesses, it's told in flashbacks. So one witness will say well we drove right and did this. So it's filmed in a flashback. But then the next witness says no we drove left. And that is filmed in a flashback.

So the FBI is trying to figure out who's telling the truth. So in a way it's a whodunit. I haven't seen this in years but I remember it being very very interesting.

I sure would like Quinn Martin to release some of his better stuff on DVDs in a Blu-ray. It would make a fascinating viewing.

I grew up - white - in Philadelphia, Mississippi, and was a teenager in town when these events happened, in 1964. The film is based on a true story, and here the story is portrayed much more accurately than in the highly-popular "Mississippi Burning" (also based, more loosely, on these events). If anything is missing in this TV movie, it's that the brutality was worse than portrayed here. If anything is misleading, it's that J. Edgar Hoover and the FBI were generally not this noble in their fighting civil rights hate crimes. The acting is also good (though the accents are not on-target; noticeable to a local). If you want to know more about this history, read the gripping books "Three Lives for Mississippi" and "Witness in Philadelphia."

This movie was the first account of the murder of the three civil rights workers I had seen and I found it fascinating. It was long but I appreciated it's thoroughness. I understand there was a legal problem in using the real names of the people involved but the events were very real indeed. Good performances all around.

I've seen this Docu-drama at LEAST 12 times in the past 20 years or so, and enjoy it more with each succeeding viewing, and I'd love to see it on DVD! Hollyweird, are you listening? The acting is superb, especially the actor who portrays the young agent that is married. Look for a young Dabney Coleman too: He's great as well. And some of the brainless quotes by the Klan members are priceless, like the one where an interview is being conducted of a crowd of people and one clown says "We're being invaded by prostitutes and Jews", but he delivers the line so calmly and softly that he could be telling the interviewer that he likes Betty Crocker cake mix over Duncan Hines! It's really funny the way it's done. And when the FBI man is talking to a Klan leader and says, "If my wife gets one more call from one of your Klukkers, there's going to be trouble", or something like that, I crack up. All in all, it's a great film, flaws and all, and I will buy it the minute it comes out on DVD!

I am pleased that IMDb will include me in the credits as an actor in this special of Quinn-Martin. I played the RED NECK with the scene in front of the Federal Building when I grab Wayne Rodgers and start the conversation with: "Your n' Fbi feller ain't ya!" He responds: "yes sir, what can I do for you?". My response (and I'll not bore you with all of it) but starts: "You kin catch them Klan up Sayville way and give em sum taste of what they been handing Nigras...etc When this was filmed in front of the San Marcos, Tx Post Office (Federal Bldg) people watching applauded!!! It was MY scene. Mr. Rodgers as I walk aways says: "Thank You very Much"...I added a line: 'TWO BIT BUNCH OF WHITE TRASH" (meaning Klu Klux Klan) and the nice Director of the film LEFT IT IN...Thanks for reading this....Tommy