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Attack on Terror: The FBI vs. the Ku Klux Klan

  • TV Movie
  • 1975
  • 3h 35m
IMDb RATING
7.4/10
196
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Attack on Terror: The FBI vs. the Ku Klux Klan (1975)
Drama

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.

  • Director
    • Marvin J. Chomsky
  • Writers
    • Calvin Clements Sr.
    • Don Whitehead
  • Stars
    • Ned Beatty
    • John Beck
    • Billy Green Bush
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    7.4/10
    196
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Marvin J. Chomsky
    • Writers
      • Calvin Clements Sr.
      • Don Whitehead
    • Stars
      • Ned Beatty
      • John Beck
      • Billy Green Bush
    • 10User reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Nominated for 1 Primetime Emmy
      • 1 nomination total

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    Ned Beatty
    Ned Beatty
    • Ollie Thompson
    John Beck
    John Beck
    • Rev. George Greg
    Billy Green Bush
    Billy Green Bush
    • Dave Keene
    Dabney Coleman
    Dabney Coleman
    • Paul Mathison
    Andrew Duggan
    Andrew Duggan
    • Insp. Ryder
    Ed Flanders
    Ed Flanders
    • Ralph Paine
    George Grizzard
    George Grizzard
    • Attorney Clay
    L.Q. Jones
    L.Q. Jones
    • Roy Ralstop
    Geoffrey Lewis
    Geoffrey Lewis
    • Ed Duncan
    Marlyn Mason
    Marlyn Mason
    • Jean Foster
    Wayne Rogers
    Wayne Rogers
    • Dan Foster
    Peter Strauss
    Peter Strauss
    • Ben Jacobs
    Rip Torn
    Rip Torn
    • Glen Tuttle
    Mills Watson
    Mills Watson
    • Dee Malcom
    James Hampton
    James Hampton
    • Harry Dudley
    Sheila Larken
    Sheila Larken
    • Linn Jacobs
    Andrew Parks
    Andrew Parks
    • Steve Bronson
    Hilly Hicks
    Hilly Hicks
    • Charles Gilmore
    • Director
      • Marvin J. Chomsky
    • Writers
      • Calvin Clements Sr.
      • Don Whitehead
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    splittgerber2

    Great movie

    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
    10dukeb0y

    Excellent

    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.
    10elskootero

    Mildly Flawed but a great film!

    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!
    arachnophobia-1

    The movie is fascinating...

    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.
    10elskootero-1

    Excellent , Excellent Film!!!;Why isn't it on DVD??

    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.

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    • Trivia
      It 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.
    • Goofs
      The 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.
    • Connections
      Version of Mississippi Burning (1988)

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    • Release date
      • February 20, 1975 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • FBI - Kampf dem Terror
    • Filming locations
      • Smithville, Texas, USA
    • Production companies
      • Quinn Martin Productions (QM)
      • Warner Bros. Television
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    • Runtime
      3 hours 35 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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