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American Experience: Murder at Harvard (2003)
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In 1849, wealthy Bostonian Dr. George Parkman was bludgeoned to death on the campus of Harvard Medical School. After discovering the body, the school's janitor Ephraim Littlefield managed to piece together enough evidence to point the finger of guilt at chemistry professor John White Webster. After a spectacular trial in which there were so many spectators that they had to be admitted to the courtroom in shifts, Webster was found guilty and executed. Case closed? Not so far as contemporary historians like Simon Schuma are concerned. Among others, Schuma has persuasively argued that Webster may have been innocent, the victim of an elaborate frame-up, possibly engineered by Ephraim Littlefield -- but to what purpose? This PBS docudrama attempts to separate speculation from fact, using dramatized reenactments (filmed in black-and-white) to offer alternate scenarios. Murder at Harvard was originally presented as an episode of the anthology series
American Experience
. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Cast
Ken Cheeseman
Robert Gould Shaw
Dan Dowling
Dr. Nathan Keep
Richard McElvain
Dr. Woodbridge Strong
Robert Murphy
Marshall Francis Tukey
Sean Fitzgerald
Charles B. Starkweather
Stephan Benson
Ephraim Littlefield
Sean McGuirk
Dr. George Parkman
David Morrow
Dr. Winslow Lewis
Tim Sawyer
John White Webster
Marc Carver
Derastus Clapp
James Devon
Doctor
Production Crew
Boyd Estus
Cinematographer
John Kusiak
Composer (Music Score)
Eric Stange
Director
Peter Rhodes
Editor
Amy Geller
Producer
Eric Stange
Producer
Melissa Banta
Producer
Simon Schama
Producer
Eric Stange
Teleplay By
Melissa Banta
Teleplay By
Simon Schama
Teleplay By
Year: 2003
Runtime: 60
Country: USA
MPAA Rating:
Category: Documentary
Genre
History
Produced by
Spy Pond Productions
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