Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones 44 years old

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

Credits

Veronica Cartwright

Marceline 'Marcy' Jones

James Earl Jones

Father Divine

Meg Foster

Jean Richie

Brad Dourif

David Langtree

Diana Scarwid

Sheila Langtree

Brenda Vaccaro

Jane Briggs

Cast

Name	Character
Veronica Cartwright She was 30 , now 75 years old	as Marceline 'Marcy' Jones
James Earl Jones He was 49 , now 94 years old	as Father Divine
Meg Foster She was 31 , now 76 years old	as Jean Richie
Brad Dourif He was 30 , now 74 years old	as David Langtree
Diana Scarwid She was 24 , now 69 years old	as Sheila Langtree
Brenda Vaccaro She was 40 , now 85 years old	as Jane Briggs
Ned Beatty He was 42 , now 87 years old	as Leo Ryan
Clifton James He was 59 , 96 years old when he died	as Barber Charlie Amos
Diane Ladd She was 44 , now 89 years old	as Lynette Jones
Ed Lauter He was 41 , 74 years old when he died	as Jim Jones Sr.
LeVar Burton He was 23 , now 67 years old	as Richard Jefferson
Powers Boothe He was 31 , 68 years old when he died	as Jim Jones
Albert Hall He was 42 , now 87 years old	as Otis Jefferson
Colleen Dewhurst She was 55 , 67 years old when she died	as Myrtle Kennedy
Madge Sinclair She was 41 , 57 years old when she died	as Mrs. Jefferson
Ron O'Neal He was 42 , 66 years old when he died	as Col. Robles
Linda Haynes She was 32 , now 77 years old	as Karen Bundy
Randy Quaid He was 29 , now 74 years old	as Clayton Ritchie
Danny Nelson He was 4 , now 49 years old	as Mr. Stevens
Irene Cara She was 21 , now 65 years old	as Alice Jefferson
Joe Dorsey He was 55 , now 100 years old	as Jake
John Dukakis He was 21 , now 66 years old	as Jack Daniels
Michael C. Gwynne He was 37 , now 82 years old	as Larry King
Tony King He was 36 , now 81 years old	as Choate

Crew

Name	Job title
Ernest Tidyman Writing He was 52 , 56 years old when he died	Teleplay
William A. Graham Directing He was 53 , 87 years old when he died	Director
Charles A. Krause Writing	Book

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Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones (44 years)

Ended

First Air Date: 1980-04-15
Runtime: [96] minutes
Number of Episodes: 2