Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones
Overview
The story of the Peoples Temple led by Jim Jones and the 1978 mass suicide at Jonestown.
Cast
Powers Boothe
Rev. Jim Jones
Ned Beatty
Rep. Leo Ryan
Irene Cara
Alice Jefferson
Veronica Cartwright
Marceline "Marcy" Jones
Rosalind Cash
Jenny Hammond
Brad Dourif
David Langtree
Meg Foster
Jean Richie
Michael C. Gwynne
Larry King
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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 from childhood to tragedy. Featuring an Emmy-winning turn from Powers Boothe and a cast that included eight Oscar nominees, its quality is even more impressive when you realize that it aired a mere 17 months following the actual event
