The true story of the assassination of San Francisco Mayor George Moscone and City Supervisor Harvey Milk on November 27, 1978. The case of assassin Dan White has become known as the "Twinkie defense" after his sentence was reduced from first-degree murder to voluntary manslaughter. White served five years in prison and committed suicide in 1985.
Peter Coyote
as Harvey Milk
Tim Daly
as Dan White
Tyne Daly
as Goldie Judge
Stephen Young
as George Moscone
Khalil Kain
as Sister Boom Boom
Amy Van Nostrand
as Mary Ann White