Summary
A cantankerous widower (Garner) who is virtually living the life of a recluse is forced to rejoin his community when his Godchild (Skaggs) gets in trouble and a childhood friend (Cobbs), a black tenant farmer, refuses to belatedly accept a Congressional Medal of Honor for bravery in World War II.
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Critics vs audiences
Only audience scores so far
Audiences 71GoodWatch 70
IMDb7.3
Audience score69%
Running time
1 h 40 min
A typical length for dramas, −9 min on the typical 109
typical 109100Half of all dramas run 98–125 min.
Reach
Streams in 1 country, rent or buy in 3 more
Released
1990
December 2, 1990
36 years ago
Genres
TV MovieDramaLanguage
English
Original language
Made in
- United States
Primetime Emmy Awards1991
- Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie1991Won
and 4 more13 people
- James GarnerAlbert Sidney Finch
- Judith IveyTerry Novis
- Ruby DeeRowena
- Bill CobbsGee Pennywell
- Laurence FishburneMichael Waring, DOD Man
- Jo AndersonLoreen Wendell
- NSNorm SkaggsBilly Wendell
- WWWallace WilkinsonJudge Wesley
- JPJonathan PeckYoung Gee
- Ric ReitzYoung Albert
- JYJeff Young LewisImposter Lieutenant
- DDDwionne DickersonFritzie
- SRStephen RollinsPrivate Lester
Directing · 1
- Robert Markowitz Director
Writing · 1
- Robert W. Lenski Writer
Production · 2
- Marian Rees Producer
- Dick Gallegly Producer
Camera · 1
- Neil Roach Director of Photography
Sound · 1
- Patrick Williams Original Music Composer
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