Thriller ·Action ·TV Movie ·Drama · United States of America · 1998 · 1h 49m

Ambushed

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Director
Ernest R. Dickerson
Cast
Courtney B. Vance as Jerry Robinson Virginia Madsen as Lucy Monroe Jer Adrianne Lelliott as Eric Natter William Forsythe as Mike Organski David Keith as Deputy Lawrence Bill Nunn as Watts Fatboy
Crew
Phil Oetiker — Director of Photography Stephen Lovejoy — Editor Andrew Miles — Writer Dave Thomas — Producer Burton Rencher — Production Design Dana Campbell — Costume Design
Tagline

When a Klan leader is murdered, it lights the fuse to a race explosion. Now the only man who can put it out is the one everyone suspects.

Synopsis

Jim Natter, the leader of a violent Ku Klux Klan lodge, is shot dead. His teenage son Eric Natter is found nearby, and taken into police custody for his protection pending the investigation. While four cops drive him to a safe-house, they are ambushed. Three of them shot dead, including Deputy Lawrence, and his black partner Jerry Robinson is accused of the murders.

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Mood & Themes
policeracismxenophobiawhite supremacy
Key Collaborators
Ernest R. Dickerson Director Phil Oetiker Director of Photography Stephen Lovejoy Editor Andrew Miles Writer Dave Thomas Producer Burton Rencher Production Design Dana Campbell Costume Design
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