Jesse Plemons' Killers of the Flower Moon character Agent Tom White had an even more fascinating life beyond this movie's scope.
The Big Picture Killers of the Flower Moon, the latest crime epic by renowned filmmaker Martin Scorsese, recounts the real-life murders of Osage Native Americans in 1920s Oklahoma. These deaths formed the bloody underbelly of a scheme engineered by the tribe’s patronage, William King Hale , to steal their headrights after oil was discovered on their land.
Who Was the Real-Life Tom White? In hindsight, Thomas Bruce White never had a choice about his career trajectory. In the Killers of the Flower Moon book, author David Grann recounts how White’s childhood guided him toward the life of a lawful hero. He was born on March 6, 1881, to a Texas sheriff, Robert Emmet, whose passion for justice burned with a ferocious fire. His childhood was frequently tough, with White often raised by his older brother, Dudley, due to his father’s work commitments .
Another person he impressed was the Bureau’s fresh-faced director, J. Edgar Hoover, who wasted little time assigning White to the Osage murders. At the time, the Bureau had made several blunders in the case, such as using an informant who killed a police officer. Hoover knew that his career was on thin ice, hence why he needed White to solve his problem. White was aware of the dangers, but he still agreed with little hesitation.
More unbelievably, William King Hale and Ernest Burkhart themselves were incarnated at Leavenworth. The circumstances would have been perfect for White to enact retribution against these criminals , but White was a better man than that. Upon their arrival, White did not greet them with fire and fury, but with something much simpler – a handshake. It was a symbol that made his philosophy clear: they were to be “treated as other prisoners treated,” because that was the right thing to do.
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