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Attack on Terror: The FBI vs. the Ku Klux Klan is a 1975 two-part television movie
Television movie

A television movie is a feature film that is produced for and originally distributed by a television network....
, which dramatised the events following the 1964 disappearance and murder of three Civil Rights
Civil rights

Civil and political rights are a class of rights ensuring things such as the protection of peoples' physical integrity; procedural fairness in law; protection from discrimination based on sexism, religious intolerance, Racism, Homophobia, etc; individual freedom of freedom of belief, freedom of speech, freedom of association, and freedom...
 workers in Mississippi
Mississippi

Mississippi is a U.S. state located in the Deep South of the United States. Jackson, Mississippi is the state capital and largest city. The state's name comes from the Mississippi River, which flows along its western boundary, and takes its name from the Anishinaabe language word misi-ziibi ....
. In this, it is similar in theme to the 1988 movie Mississippi Burning
Mississippi Burning

Mississippi Burning is a 1988 crime drama film based on the FBI investigation into the real-life Mississippi civil rights workers murders in the U.S....
, though some names and details were changed, and both productions pick up the approximate storyline of the 1990 TV-movie Murder in Mississippi
Murder in Mississippi

Murder in Mississippi was a 1990 television movie which dramatized the last weeks of civil rights activists Michael Schwerner, Andrew Goodman and James Chaney, and the events leading up to their disappearance and subsequent murder in the Freedom Summer....
.

Attack on Terror starred Ned Beatty
Ned Beatty

Ned Thomas Beatty is an United States actor. He now lives in the Springville, California, area....
, John Beck
John Beck (actor)

John Beck is an American actor. He grew up in Joliet, Illinois. Renowned as a gritty actor with plenty of presence on set, he is ultimately best-known worldwide for playing the role of Mark Graison in Dallas during the mid-1980s, but is also well-known for several other roles in which he specialised in playing hard-ball businessmen....
, Marlyn Mason, Billy Green Bush
Billy Green Bush

William Warren Bush is an United States actor, sometimes credited as ?Billy Greenbush?.Notable Film appearances include Five Easy Pieces , The Culpepper Cattle Company , Electra Glide in Blue , Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore , The River , The Hitcher , Critters and Jason Goes To Hell: The Final Friday ....
, Dabney Coleman
Dabney Coleman

Dabney Wharton Coleman is an United States actor. He is best known for his abrasive characters and his always present mustache.Biography...
, Virginia Gregg
Virginia Gregg

Virginia Gregg Burket was an American actress best known for her many roles in radio dramas.Gregg was born in Harrisburg, Illinois, Illinois, the daughter of musician Dewey Alphaleta and businessman Edward William Gregg....
, George Grizzard
George Grizzard

George Cooper Grizzard, Jr. was an American Emmy Award- and Tony Award-winning actor of film and theatre....
, Rip Torn
Rip Torn

Rip Torn is an American Academy Award-nominated television and film actor, who is known for his role as Artie on the HBO comedy series The Larry Sanders Show....
, Sheila Larken
Sheila Larken

Sheila Larken is an United States television actress....
, Hilly Hicks
Hilly Hicks

Hilly Hicks is an United States character actor, born May 4, 1950 in Los Angeles, California.His best-remembered role is probably as Lewis Moore in the TV mini-series Roots ....
, and two M*A*S*H
M*A*S*H (TV series)

M*A*S*H is an United States television series developed by Larry Gelbart, adapted from the 1970 in film feature film MASH . The series is a medical drama/black comedy that was produced by 20th Television Fox for CBS....
 alumni, Wayne Rogers
Wayne Rogers

Wayne M. Rogers is an United States film and television actor, best known for playing the role of Trapper John McIntyre in the long-running United States television series, M*A*S*H ....
 ("Trapper John") and Johnny Haymer
Johnny Haymer

Johnny Haymer was an American actor who played Staff Sergeant Zelmo Zale, a recurring character in the television series M*A*S*H . Another high-profile role was that of the painfully unfunny stand-up comedian in the Woody Allen film Annie Hall....
 ("Sgt.






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Attack on Terror: The FBI vs. the Ku Klux Klan is a 1975 two-part television movie
Television movie

A television movie is a feature film that is produced for and originally distributed by a television network....
, which dramatised the events following the 1964 disappearance and murder of three Civil Rights
Civil rights

Civil and political rights are a class of rights ensuring things such as the protection of peoples' physical integrity; procedural fairness in law; protection from discrimination based on sexism, religious intolerance, Racism, Homophobia, etc; individual freedom of freedom of belief, freedom of speech, freedom of association, and freedom...
 workers in Mississippi
Mississippi

Mississippi is a U.S. state located in the Deep South of the United States. Jackson, Mississippi is the state capital and largest city. The state's name comes from the Mississippi River, which flows along its western boundary, and takes its name from the Anishinaabe language word misi-ziibi ....
. In this, it is similar in theme to the 1988 movie Mississippi Burning
Mississippi Burning

Mississippi Burning is a 1988 crime drama film based on the FBI investigation into the real-life Mississippi civil rights workers murders in the U.S....
, though some names and details were changed, and both productions pick up the approximate storyline of the 1990 TV-movie Murder in Mississippi
Murder in Mississippi

Murder in Mississippi was a 1990 television movie which dramatized the last weeks of civil rights activists Michael Schwerner, Andrew Goodman and James Chaney, and the events leading up to their disappearance and subsequent murder in the Freedom Summer....
.

Attack on Terror starred Ned Beatty
Ned Beatty

Ned Thomas Beatty is an United States actor. He now lives in the Springville, California, area....
, John Beck
John Beck (actor)

John Beck is an American actor. He grew up in Joliet, Illinois. Renowned as a gritty actor with plenty of presence on set, he is ultimately best-known worldwide for playing the role of Mark Graison in Dallas during the mid-1980s, but is also well-known for several other roles in which he specialised in playing hard-ball businessmen....
, Marlyn Mason, Billy Green Bush
Billy Green Bush

William Warren Bush is an United States actor, sometimes credited as ?Billy Greenbush?.Notable Film appearances include Five Easy Pieces , The Culpepper Cattle Company , Electra Glide in Blue , Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore , The River , The Hitcher , Critters and Jason Goes To Hell: The Final Friday ....
, Dabney Coleman
Dabney Coleman

Dabney Wharton Coleman is an United States actor. He is best known for his abrasive characters and his always present mustache.Biography...
, Virginia Gregg
Virginia Gregg

Virginia Gregg Burket was an American actress best known for her many roles in radio dramas.Gregg was born in Harrisburg, Illinois, Illinois, the daughter of musician Dewey Alphaleta and businessman Edward William Gregg....
, George Grizzard
George Grizzard

George Cooper Grizzard, Jr. was an American Emmy Award- and Tony Award-winning actor of film and theatre....
, Rip Torn
Rip Torn

Rip Torn is an American Academy Award-nominated television and film actor, who is known for his role as Artie on the HBO comedy series The Larry Sanders Show....
, Sheila Larken
Sheila Larken

Sheila Larken is an United States television actress....
, Hilly Hicks
Hilly Hicks

Hilly Hicks is an United States character actor, born May 4, 1950 in Los Angeles, California.His best-remembered role is probably as Lewis Moore in the TV mini-series Roots ....
, and two M*A*S*H
M*A*S*H (TV series)

M*A*S*H is an United States television series developed by Larry Gelbart, adapted from the 1970 in film feature film MASH . The series is a medical drama/black comedy that was produced by 20th Television Fox for CBS....
 alumni, Wayne Rogers
Wayne Rogers

Wayne M. Rogers is an United States film and television actor, best known for playing the role of Trapper John McIntyre in the long-running United States television series, M*A*S*H ....
 ("Trapper John") and Johnny Haymer
Johnny Haymer

Johnny Haymer was an American actor who played Staff Sergeant Zelmo Zale, a recurring character in the television series M*A*S*H . Another high-profile role was that of the painfully unfunny stand-up comedian in the Woody Allen film Annie Hall....
 ("Sgt. Zale").

Selected cast

  • Ned Beatty
    Ned Beatty

    Ned Thomas Beatty is an United States actor. He now lives in the Springville, California, area....
     as Ollie Thompson
  • John Beck
    John Beck (actor)

    John Beck is an American actor. He grew up in Joliet, Illinois. Renowned as a gritty actor with plenty of presence on set, he is ultimately best-known worldwide for playing the role of Mark Graison in Dallas during the mid-1980s, but is also well-known for several other roles in which he specialised in playing hard-ball businessmen....
     as George Greg
  • George Grizzard
    George Grizzard

    George Cooper Grizzard, Jr. was an American Emmy Award- and Tony Award-winning actor of film and theatre....
     as Attorney Clay
  • Rip Torn
    Rip Torn

    Rip Torn is an American Academy Award-nominated television and film actor, who is known for his role as Artie on the HBO comedy series The Larry Sanders Show....
     as Glen Tuttle
  • Dabney Coleman
    Dabney Coleman

    Dabney Wharton Coleman is an United States actor. He is best known for his abrasive characters and his always present mustache.Biography...
     as Paul Mathison


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