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1986 · 1h 40m · Drama
A television movie set in Rockville, Georgia, in 1972. Major Kendall Laird, a Survival Assistance Officer, arrives in this sleepy little town with the body of Lieutenant Dwyte Johnson, a Vietnam war hero. It's Laird's job to help Johnson's parents bury their son. But since the dead hero was black, his parents are turned away by the white racists who maintain the town's "all-white" cemetery.
Directed by John Korty
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Cast & crew
John KortyDirector
John Lithgowas Maj. Kendall Laird
Morgan Freemanas Luther Johnson
CCH Pounderas Ada Johnson
Frances Sternhagenas Eudora McCallister
Richard Brooksas Booker T. Douglas
Richard Bradfordas Gen. Willard P. Hauer
G.D. Spradlinas Sam Jennings
M. Emmet Walshas Sarge
John Philbinas Bradford Erskine
Brian Tarantinaas Sp4 Beyer