Undercover with the KKK

Undercover with the KKK
GenreDrama
Based onMy Undercover Years with the Ku Klux Klan by Gary Thomas Rowe Jr.
Screenplay byLane Slate
Directed byBarry Shear
StarringDon Meredith
Ed Lauter
Clifton James
Music byMorton Stevens
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
Production
Executive producerDouglas Benton
ProducersGeorge Lehr
Debra Miles
Production locationsNevada City, California
Roseville, California
Sacramento, California
CinematographyRobert C. Moreno
EditorJack Kampschroer
Running time97 minutes
Production companyColumbia Pictures Television
Original release
NetworkNBC
ReleaseOctober 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 FBI informant and then testified as a key witness for the prosecution during the trial of several other Klansmen.[2][3]

Cast

References

  1. ↑ "Undercover with the KKK". IMDb.com. Retrieved June 22, 2019.
  2. ↑ "Undercover With the KKK (1979) - Overview - TCM.com". Turner Classic Movies. Archived from the original on January 14, 2013. Retrieved June 22, 2019.
  3. ↑ Kaufman, Michael T. (October 4, 1998). "Gary T. Rowe Jr., 64, Who Informed on Klan In Civil Rights Killing, Is Dead". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved May 7, 2025.
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