The Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones

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The Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones ★★ 1980

Dramatization traces the story of the Reverend Jim Jones and the People's Temple from its beginnings in 1953 to the November 1978 mass suicide of more than 900 people. Boothe is appropriately hypnotic as the Reverend. 240m/C VHS . Powers Boothe, Ned Beatty, Randy Quaid, Brad Dourif, Brenda Vaccaro, LeVar Burton, Colleen Dewhurst, James Earl Jones; D: William A. Graham; C: Gil Hubbs; M: Elmer Bernstein. TV

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