The Atlanta Child Murders (1985) | Morgan Freeman Calvin Levels Gloria Foster | Complete Mini Series

The Atlanta Child Murders is an American television miniseries that aired on February 10 and 12, 1985 on CBS. Inspired by true events, the miniseries examines the so-called "Atlanta child murders" of the late 1970s and early 1980s.

Cast
Calvin Levels – Wayne Williams
Morgan Freeman – Ben Shelter
James Earl Jones – Major Walker
Rip Torn – Lewis Slaton
Jason Robards – Alvin Binder
Lynne Moody – Selena Cobb
Ruby Dee – Faye Williams
Gloria Foster – Camille Bell
Paul Benjamin – Homer Williams
Martin Sheen – Chet Dettlinger
Andrew Robinson – Jack Mallard
Bill Paxton - Campbell

Between the summer of 1979 and the spring of 1981, 29 African American children, adolescents and adults were murdered in Atlanta, Georgia. The killings gained nationwide attention, with many suspecting that they were the work of the Ku Klux Klan or a similar white supremacist group. However, in June 1981, a 23-year-old African American named Wayne Williams was arrested for first-degree murder in the deaths of 27-year-old Nathaniel Carter and 29-year-old Jimmy Ray Payne. Eight months later, Williams was convicted of both killings and sentenced to two consecutive terms of life imprisonment. Some parties speculate that Williams was not the real killer, and that local law enforcement officials used him as a scapegoat to bring a seemingly unsolvable case to a close. However, it is generally presumed that Williams was the culprit in most of the murders, if not all of them. No one was ever tried in connection with the other killings.

Atlanta officials criticized The Atlanta Child Murders, claiming that it distorted the facts of the case. After a series of negotiations, CBS executives agreed to insert a disclaimer alerting viewers that the film is based on fact but contains fictional elements. - Wikipedia

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