[Note: It can easily be argued that the location might also be Denton, OH.] A couple attended - a wholesome, square, strait-laced Brad Major (Barry Bostwick) (best man for clean-cut Ralph Hapschatt (Jeremy Newson) and wholesome bride Betty Munroe (Hilary Farr) - a "wonderful little cook") and his girlfriend Janet Weiss (Susan Sarandon) (maid of honor for Betty).Worried about his fellow agent Brandt""s long absence, Dunn followed after him, confronted Wistrom choking Brandt - and killed him.Idyllic small-town images are presented in silent slow-motion, with hyper-realistic light and color.A bright-red fire engine truck tranquilly glides down the suburban US street - a friendly fireman on the running board waves with a dalmatian next to him.In its explicitly caricaturist presentation of the KKK as heroes and Southern blacks as villains and violent rapists and threats to the social order, it appealed to white Americans who subscribed to the mythic, romantic view (similar to Sir Walter Scott historical romances) of the Old Plantation South.