After three civil-rights workers are murdered in Mississippi in 1964, a team of FBI agents is sent there to find the killers.After three civil-rights workers are murdered in Mississippi in 1964, a team of FBI agents is sent there to find the killers.After three civil-rights workers are murdered in Mississippi in 1964, a team of FBI agents is sent there to find the killers.
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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
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 movies several times, and was able to locate a pirated copy, not to take anything out of anyone's pocket, but I get so sick and tired of waiting for Hollyweird to get films onto DVD! A classic line is when, just after the 3 civil rights workers go missing, some redneck clown is asked by a reporter his feelings, and he looks right at the camera and in a "Cletus" kind of voice says "90 Percent of the world's problems is cause by the negroes and the jews. thank you!" Most TV aired versions cut this clown out, so get a VHS or DVD boot, it's hysterical!!! And IMDb, GROW UP! The "N" word is there, you can't avoid it! Quit hiding it, and thereby legitimize it's use to hurt people. It's a WORD!!!!!That's all - Just a word. Your requirements are antiquated, at times.
This movie, almost long enough to be a mini-series, is an excellent police-procedural drama filmed in a quasi-documentary style. The crime actually happened, but I don't know enough history to say how true-to-life the movie really is. The cast is first-rate. Highly recommended.
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- TriviaIt is interesting that Tuttle is eating in a roadside place with home cooking and he is eating Campbell's chicken noodle soup from the can.
- GoofsThe car that the civil rights workers are driving is a 1963 Ford Country Squire station wagon. The actual car that the civil rights workers had was a 1963 Ford Fairlane station wagon.
- ConnectionsVersion of Mississippi Burning (1988)
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