Undercover with the KKK
American TV series or program
| 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 (1979-10-23)[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
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 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
External links
- Undercover with the KKK at IMDb
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