Title: "The Secret of Buzzard Gulch"
Length: 36:42
Date: 11 August 1989
Writer: Roxie D. Pinnick
Produced by Video Drama Class, Indiana University 1989;
[AI-Generated Summary] In the town of Buzzard Gulch, Tommy and Sue Ellen plan to marry and move to the city to escape local poverty, unaware of a dark secret shared by their families. Their parents, who are secretly high-level government agents for the "Square Deal for Honest Citizens Agency" (SHCA), manipulate Tommy into serving on a jury where they intentionally acquit a guilty murderer named Joe Rankin. Following the trial, the parents reveal that their "hayseed" lifestyle is a cover and that they belong to a nationwide network that executes dangerous criminals who escape legal punishment through loopholes. They explain that the massive amount of tax money saved by bypassing the traditional prison system has funded scientific breakthroughs, including cures for cancer and blindness. Despite initial moral shock, Tommy and Sue Ellen accept the secret, agree to stay in the community, and use the agency's funds for medical school, just as Rankin is killed in a staged "boating accident".
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