The Murder of Mary Phagan

The Murder of Mary Phagan (1988)


  • Genre: Drama, Crime
  • First Air Date: 1988-01-24
  • Last Air Date: 1988-01-26
  • Total Seasons: 1
  • Total Episodes: 2
  • Status: Ended
  • Episode Runtime: 120 min.
  • Production Company: Orion Pictures
  • Networks: NBC
  • Director: William Hale
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Summary

The Murder of Mary Phagan, a 1987 two-part American TV miniseries made by Orion Pictures and distributed by NBC. It has a running time of 251 minutes. It is a dramatization of the story of Leo Frank, a factory manager charged and convicted with murdering a 13-year-old girl, a factory worker named Mary Phagan, in Atlanta, Georgia in 1913. The trial was sensational and controversial. After Frank's legal appeals had failed, the governor of Georgia in 1915 commuted his death sentence to life imprisonment. In 1915 Frank was kidnapped from prison and lynched by a small group of prominent men of Marietta, Georgia

  • Keywords: factory, based on true story, murder, miniseries, fight the system, murder trial, 1910s, atlanta, georgia

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    The Murder of Mary Phagan Seasons

    Season 1

    First Air Date: 1988-01-24
    2 Episodes

    The Murder of Mary Phagan Episodes

    Title Air Date Duration
    Season 1Episode 1Part 1150 min
    Season 1Episode 2Part 2120 min

    • Jack Lemmon

      as Gov. John Slaton

    • Richard Jordan

      as Hugh Dorsey

    • Robert Prosky

      as Tom Watson

    • Peter Gallagher

      as Leo Frank

    • Kathryn Walker

      as Sally Slaton

    • Rebecca Miller

      as Lucille Frank

    • Kevin Spacey

      as Wes Brent

    • Paul Dooley

      as William Burns

    • Charles S. Dutton

      as Jim Conley

    • Cynthia Nixon

      as Doreen

    • Kenneth Welsh

      as Luther Rosser

    • William H. Macy

      as Randy

    • Wendy J. Cooke

      as Mary Phagan

    • Thomas Anderson

      as

    • Dylan Baker

      as

    • Daniel Benzali

      as Coroner

    • Nesbitt Blaisdell

      as

    • Beeson Carroll

      as

    • William C. Crawford

      as Witness

    • David Cromwell

      as

    • Loretta Devine

      as Annie Maude Carter

    • William Duff-Griffin

      as

    • Jennifer East

      as

    • Barbara Eda-Young

      as Mrs. Phagan

    • Gwyllum Evans

      as

    • Carl Gordon

      as

    • Sam Gray

      as Sigmond Montag

    • Richard Hamilton

      as

    • Brent Jennings

      as Newt Lee

    • Jordan Marder

      as Alonzo

    • Heather McAdam

      as

    • William Newman

      as

    • Owen Rachleff

      as

    • Bill Raymond

      as

    • Fred Sadoff

      as

    • Raynor Scheine

      as

    • Brian Smiar

      as

    • Kate McGregor-Stewart

      as

    • Jimmie Ray Weeks

      as

    • Nicholas Wyman

      as Lund

    • Perry Allen

      as

    • Ron Grubbs

      as Assistant Prosecutor

    • Doug Roberts

      as Warehouse Cop (uncredited)

    • David J. Hirschi

      as Groom (uncredited)

    • Ron Weyand

      as Minister (uncredited)

    • Ken Collins

      as Spectator (uncredited)

    • Mark Norris

      as Police officer (uncredited)

    • Frank Principe

      as The Boy (uncredited)

    • Bob Supan

      as Reporter (uncredited)

    • Sam Wells

      as Reporter (uncredited)

    • Lynn-Jane Foreman

      as Lady in Court (uncredited)

    • Joe Sokohl

      as Soldier (uncredited)

    • Matthew Obenshain

      as Boy Scout (uncredited)
    Directing William Hale Director
    Writing George Stevens Jr. Teleplay
    Writing Larry McMurtry Story
    Production George Stevens Jr. Producer
    Writing Jeffrey Lane Teleplay

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