Title supplied by cataloger. Photograph caption dated September 3, 1986 reads, "Director John Landis had a big smile for the pack of news media outside courtroom before trial opening Wednesday morning." Due to a tragic accident causing the deaths of three actors of the set of the film, Twilight Zone, Landis, Associate producer George Folsey, Jr., production manager Dan Allingham, pilot Dorcey Wingo, and explosives specialist Paul Stewart were charged with child endangerment and involuntary manslaughter in civil and criminal action suits. All were acquitted in 1987.
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image
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1 photographic print :b&w ;31 x 24 cm. Photographic prints
Landis, John,--1950--Trials, litigation, etc California.--Superior Court (Los Angeles County) Twilight zone (Motion picture)--Trials, litigation, etc Press--California--Los Angeles Trials (Manslaughter)--California--Los Angeles Motion picture producers and directors--United States Motion picture industry--Accidents--California--Ventura County Helicopters--Accidents--California--Ventura County Courtrooms--California--Los Angeles Courthouses--California--Los Angeles Downtown Los Angeles (Los Angeles, Calif.) Los Angeles Herald-Examiner photographs Herald-Examiner Collection photographs
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