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"CBS Schoolbreak Special" Dead Wrong: The John Evans Story (1984)



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User Rating:
7.8/10   6 votes
Director:
E. Arthur Kean
Writer:
E. Arthur Kean (writer)
Contact:
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Original Air Date:
24 January 1984 (Season 1, Episode 1)
Genre:
Drama | Family | Romance more
Plot:
Convicted of murder and set for execution, John Evans tells his story to the prison chaplain. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
2 nominations more
User Comments:
kids need to see this more

Cast

  (Episode Credited cast)

John Laughlin ... John Evans III
Bibi Besch ... Mrs. Evans
Ed Lauter ... Mr. Evans

Timothy Gibbs ... John Evans III (as a boy)
Cameron Dye ... Ritter

Jamie Bozian ... Zack
Bryan Scott ... Richie
Laura Tubelle ... Cindy

Jimmy Ford ... Dick
Molly O'Leary ... Terry
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Nicole Eggert
John Evans ... Himself (voice)

Holgie Forrester ... Girlfriend
Constance Yelverton ... Diane Evans
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Additional Details

Runtime:
USA:48 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Sound Mix:
Mono

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1 out of 3 people found the following comment useful:-
kids need to see this, 4 September 2003
Author: dtucker86 from Germany

I saw this Afterschool Special almost twenty years ago and still remember it vividly. John Evans was one of the first people executed in the United States after the Supreme Court restated the Death penalty in 1976. He was put to death in Alabama's electric chair in 1983 after being denied clemency by then Governor George Wallace. Evans was a career criminal who killed a father of two little girls during a robbery. What amazed me is that he admitted he came from a good, loving family and threw it all away. I felt so angry at his horrible crime and felt he deserved to die for it. However, I applaud him for making this cautionary tale. I remember I felt so bad for his poor mother because she lived to see him executed. By the way, a lot of liberals were upset because the chair malfunctioned and Evans sort of got crispy crittered a little bit, oh well TS.

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