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Heroin King of Baltimore: The Rise and Fall of Melvin Williams

201358mMovieDocumentaryHistory

Baltimore City officials asked drug kingpin Melvin Williams to stop the riots happened following Martin Luther King's assassination. After helping the authorities out, Williams was then labeled a threat, framed and incarcerated by a hypocritical society.

DirectorDerick Thomas
WriterDerick Thomas
ProducersDerick Thomas·Marjorie Morgan

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Availability shown for United Kingdom · rights vary by country

Cast · Directed by Derick Thomas

DF
DJ Fontane
Melvin Williams
DW
DeAndre Wilton
Young Melvin
JS
Jacqueline Sanders
Melvin's Mother
DC
David Cooperman
District Attorney
DTDerick Thomas
Derick Thomas
Attorney
DSDavid Simon
David Simon
Himself
MW
Melvin Williams
Himself
DTDerick Thomas
Derick Thomas
Narrator (voice)

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