In the Line of Duty: Ambush in Waco

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In the Line of Duty: Ambush in Waco ★★½ Ambush in Waco 1993 (R)

Insta-TV movie made by NBC even before the fire which engulfed the Texas compound and ended the standoff between self-proclaimed “prophet” David Koresh and the federal government. Daly does well as the manipulative, charasmatic Branch Davidian cult leader whose stockpiling of illegal weapons lead to an investigation by the Bureau of Alcohohol, Tobacco and Firearms and a botched raid which caused the ultimately fatal siege. Filmed on location outside Tulsa, Oklahoma. 93m/C VHS, DVD . Timothy Daly, Dan Lauria, William O'Leary; D: Dick Lowry; W: Phil Penningroth. TV

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