Overview
Set in the South just after the US Civil War, Laurel Sommersby is just managing to work the farm without her husband, believed killed in battle. By all accounts, Jack Sommersby was not a pleasant man, thus when he suddenly returns, Laurel has mixed emotions. It appears that Jack has changed a great deal, leading some people to believe that this is not actually Jack but an imposter. Laurel herself is unsure, but willing to take the man into her home, and perhaps later into her heart.
Details
- Director
- Jon Amiel
- Writer
- Sarah Kernochan
- Original Language
- English
- Budget
- $30,000,000
Cast
Bill Pullman
Brett Kelley
Clarice Taylor
Frankie Faison
James Earl Jones
Jodie Foster
Lanny Flaherty
Richard Gere
Wendell Wellman
William Windom
Keywords
agriculture
based on true story
court case
death sentence
gallows
hanging
husband wife relationship
impostor
ku klux klan
look-alike
peasant
post civil war
racial segregation
reconstruction era
return
soldier's wife
southern usa
suspicion of murder
village life
violent husband
war veteran
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