In The Line Of Duty: Ambush In Waco
Production on this landmark telefilm began just days after the fateful Feb. 28, 1993 Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms raid on the Branch Davidian compound in Waco, Texas.Tim Dalydid an about turn from his easygoing 'Joe' on the popular sitcomWingsto turn in a vivid performance as false prophet David Koresh.Ambush At Wacopicks up the Koresh story when he was still Vernon Howell, a struggling singer/songwriter in California who reinvents himself as a messianic figure recruiting the sad and disenfranchised to join him in his mecca at Mount Carmel.Once one disillusioned follower, played byNeal McDonough(Minority Report), bolts the twisted moral wreckage of the compound and turns over evidence to the FBI, the film tracks ATF team leaderDan Lauria(The Wonder Years)as he builds his case leading up to the fiery clash at Waco.