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.

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Cast

Jodie Foster

Laurel Sommersby

Richard Gere

John Robert Sommersby / Horace Townsend

Bill Pullman

Orin Meecham

James Earl Jones

Judge Barry Conrad Issacs

Lanny Flaherty

Buck

William Windom

Reverend Powell

Clarice Taylor

Esther

Frankie Faison

Joseph

R. Lee Ermey

Dick Mead

Richard Hamilton

Doc Evans

Muse Watson

Drifter #1

Frank Hoyt Taylor

KKK #2