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Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb6.3/10
Rotten Tomatoes63%
Metacritic66/100
436 audience votes
Key crew
- Jon AmielDirector
- Sarah KernochanScreenplay
- Danny ElfmanOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Jodie FosterLaurel Sommersby
- Richard GereJohn Robert Sommersby / Horace Townsend
- Bill PullmanOrin Meecham
- James Earl JonesJudge Barry Conrad Issacs
- Lanny FlahertyBuck
- William WindomReverend Powell
- Wendell WellmanTravis
- Brett KelleyLittle Rob
- Clarice TaylorEsther
- Frankie FaisonJoseph
- R. Lee ErmeyDick Mead
- Richard HamiltonDoc Evans
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Themes
husband wife relationshipcourt casewar veteranku klux klansouthern usavillage lifereturnpeasantsuspicion of murdergallowsviolent husbanddeath sentence