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Blessed Assurance
Upon his discharge following the Korean War, soldier Jerry moves back to the small town in South Carolina where he grew up. Jerry is reunited with his old flame Leslie, gets a job as an insurance salesman and begins to heal from the emotional damage caused by the war. But Jerry faces a serious moral dilemma when the job he depends on for his livelihood leads him to take advantage of an elderly African-American woman and the members of her community.
Cast
- Grant Show as Jerry Shand
- Cicely Tyson as Vesta Lotte Battle
- Lori Loughlin as Leslie
- George Wendt as Sam
- Cari Shayne as Claire Gundry
- Rebecca Koon as Zella Shand
- Bob King as Juel Shand
- Allan Gurganus as Professor Title
- Stephen Michael Ayers as Don Cahoun
- Helen Alexander as White Woman in Church
- Shannon Eubanks as Mrs. Grundy
- Tommy Cresswell as Mr. Grundy
Details
- Director
- Peter Bogdanovich
- Released
- August 17, 1997
- Runtime
- 1h 32m
- Genres
- Drama, TV Movie
- Studio
- Frank Konigsberg Productions
- Status
- Released
- TMDB score
- 7.0 / 10 from 1 votes
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