''Paris Trout'' is a 1991 American

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directed by

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and written by Pete Dexter, based on his 1988 novel, and starring Dennis Hopper, Barbara Hershey, and

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. It premiered on Showtime on April 20, 1991.

Plot

Paris Trout is an unrepentant racist in 1949

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. The greedy and paranoid shopkeeper murders the sister of a black man who refuses to repay Trout’s

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. When Trout is arrested for the crime, he is stunned and enraged, showing himself to be a man of the Old South. Lawyer Harry Seagraves arrives to calm the waters in court but is soon caught in crimes of his own, including a dangerous and doomed affair with Trout's wife.

Cast

* Dennis Hopper as Paris Trout * Barbara Hershey as Hanna Trout *

as Harry Seagraves * Ray McKinnon as Carl Bonner * Tina Lifford as Mary Sayers * Darnita Henry as Rosie Sayers * Eric Ware as Henry Ray Sayers * RonReaco Lee as Chester Sayers * Gary Bullock as Buster Devonne * Sharlene Ross as Mother Trout's Nurse * Jim Peck as Estes Singletray * Dan Biggers as Mayor Harn * Ernest Dixon as Truck Driver * Wallace Wilkinson as Dr. Brewer * Ron Leggett as Glass Man

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* * 1991 television films 1991 films 1991 drama films 1991 in American television 1990s American films 1990s English-language films American courtroom films American drama television films Films about adultery in the United States Films about rabies Films about racism in the United States Films based on American novels Films directed by Stephen Gyllenhaal Films scored by David Shire Films set in 1949 Films set in Georgia (U.S. state) Showtime (TV network) films Television films based on books Viacom Pictures films {{US-tv-drama-film-stub