Undercover with the KKK
| Undercover with the KKK | |
|---|---|
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| 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 |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| Production | |
| Producer(s) |
George Lehr Douglas Benton Debra Miles |
| Cinematography | Robert C. Moreno |
| Editor(s) | Jack Kampschroer |
| Running time | 97 min |
| Production company(s) | Columbia Pictures Television |
| Release | |
| Original network | NBC |
| Original 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.
Synopsis
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
- Don Meredith as 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
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