The Atlanta Child Murders
Drama
A city in fear. A case that shocked the nation.
The Atlanta Child Murders is a TV 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.
1985-02-10
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Cast
Director
John Erman
Jason Robards as Alvin Binder
James Earl Jones as Major Walker
Rip Torn as Lewis Slaton
Morgan Freeman as Ben Shelter
Calvin Levels as Wayne Williams
Lynne Moody as Selena Cobb
Ruby Dee as Faye Williams
Gloria Foster as Camille Bell
Paul Benjamin as Homer Williams
Andrew Robinson as Jack Mallard
Christopher Allport as Larry Peterson
Guy Boyd as Mike Edwards
Gary Graham as Ken Lawson
Bill Paxton as Campbell
Percy Rodriguez as Mayor Jackson
William Allen Young as Withers
Martin Sheen as Chet Dettlinger
Tina Andrews as Gwendolyn
Michael Alldredge as Bobby Tolin
Jim Antonio as Gilliland
Ernest Harden Jr. as Cool Breeze
Don Hood as McLean
Kenneth Kimmins as Broderick
Christopher Maher as Dr. Saleh Zaki
Alley Mills as Amy Kennear
CCH Pounder as Venus Taylor
Veronica Redd as Sharon Blakely
Henry G. Sanders as Judge Clarence Cooper
Lisa Blake Richards as Helen Dettlinger
Barbara Sammeth as Connie Levine
Harold Sylvester as Hindsman
Royce Wallace as Margaret Carter
Charles Weldon as John Bell
John Wesley as Tombe Chorro
Mark Arnold as David Dingle
Beau Billingslea as Commissioner Lee Brown
Marilyn Coleman as Lois Evans
Barbara Harris as Mary Welcome
Steve James as Policeman #1
John Lafayette as Young Lawyer
Felton Perry as Rev. Avery
Jack Rader as Rackleff
J.W. Smith as Nathaniel Carter
Christopher St. John as Baltazar
Kristoff St. John as Sheldon Kemp
Ellen Tobie as Gloria Patterson
Noble Willingham as Jerry Armstrong
Erica Yohn as Ruth
S.V. Henson, Jr. as Dancer