

She knew his face. His touch. His voice. She knew everything about him ... But the truth.
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 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
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- Jon AmielDirector
- Sarah KernochanScreenplay
- Philippe RousselotDirector of Photography
- Danny ElfmanOriginal Music Composer
- Peter BoyleEditor
- Arnon MilchanProducer
- Steven ReutherProducer
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