Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil is a 1997 American crime drama film directed and produced by Clint Eastwood and starring John Cusack and Kevin Spacey. The screenplay by John Lee Hancock was ba
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Mercer House. The alleged murder of Billy Hanson occurred in Williams's study – the bottom left room in this photograph. The house is now known as the Mercer Williams House Museum
The Mercer House study, where the shooting of Billy Hanson took place
John Cusack played John Kelso, a writer from New York
James Arthur Williams
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James Arthur Williams was an American antiques dealer and a historic preservationist based in Savannah, Georgia. He played an active role in the preservation of the Savannah Historic District for over
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil (film)
…and Kevin Spacey. The screenplay by John Lee Hancock was based on John Berendt's 1994 book of the same name and follows the story of antiques dealer Jim Williams, who was on trial for the killing of a male prostitute who was his lover. The multiple trials depicted in Berendt's book are combined into one trial…
Two of three buildings at 541–545 East Congress Street that Williams restored in 1955, his first project in Savannah
Williams also restored the Olde Pink House ...
... and Armstrong House, formerly the law offices of his attorney Sonny Seiler
He was restoring 126 East Gaston Street at the time of his death