Portrayals in Film and Television
The first fictionalized version of Cecil Price appeared in the 1975 CBS 2-part TV drama, Attack on Terror: The FBI vs. the Ku Klux Klan. In this version, Ned Beatty portrayed Sayville Deputy Ollie Thompson.
In the 1988 movie Mississippi Burning, the character of Deputy Clinton Pell was a fictionalized version of Cecil Price. The Pell character was portrayed by Brad Dourif with the part of Pell's wife played by Frances McDormand.
In the 1990 TV movie Murder in Mississippi, Deputy Winter—the third fictionalized version of Cecil Price, was portrayed by Royce D. Applegate.
Archival footage of Price appears in the 30 for 30 documentary The Best that Never Was, which chronicles the life of Marcus Dupree. The film begins with a brief mention of Price's involvement in the aforementioned murders, then brings it full circle, explaining that Price helped Dupree get a commercial driver's license, allowing Dupree to establish a career after his retirement from the NFL.
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