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Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones

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Plot

The story of the Peoples Temple led by Jim Jones and the 1978 mass suicide at Jonestown.

Cast

Powers Boothe as Rev. Jim Jones
Powers Boothe

as Rev. Jim Jones

Ned Beatty as Rep. Leo Ryan
Ned Beatty

as Rep. Leo Ryan

Irene Cara as Alice Jefferson
Irene Cara

as Alice Jefferson

Veronica Cartwright as Marceline "Marcy" Jones
Veronica Cartwright

as Marceline "Marcy" Jones

Rosalind Cash as Jenny Hammond
Rosalind Cash

as Jenny Hammond

Brad Dourif as David Langtree
Brad Dourif

as David Langtree

Meg Foster as Jean Richie
Meg Foster

as Jean Richie

Michael C. Gwynne as Larry King
Michael C. Gwynne

as Larry King

Albert Hall as Otis Jefferson
Albert Hall

as Otis Jefferson

Linda Haynes as Karen Bundy
Linda Haynes

as Karen Bundy

Network

Status

  • Ended

First Aired Date

  • April 15, 1980

Last Aired Date

  • April 16, 1980

Production Companies

  • The Königsberg Company

Type

  • Miniseries

Number of Season

  • 1

Number of Episodes

  • 2

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Reviews

GUYANA TRAGEDY: THE STORY OF JIM JONES (1980) wasn't the first attempt to depict the mass suicide/murder undertaken by the Jones-led Peoples Temple: Universal Pictures managed to get their star-sprinkled exploitation pickup, GUYANA: CULT OF THE DAMNED, into American theaters four months earlier. But this made-for-television event (shown over two nights) was the first serious look at Jones' life f…

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Miniseries

1980|2 Episodes

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