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Sommersby 1993 Directed by Jon Amiel

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.

Country USA
Production Countries France , USA
Language English
Spoken Language English
Budget $30,000,000
Revenue $140,081,992
Release Date 5 February 1993
109 mins
Cast
Jodie Foster Laurel Sommersby
Richard Gere John Robert Sommersby / Horace Townsend
Bill Pullman Orin Meecham
James Earl Jones Judge Barry Conrad Issacs
William Windom Reverend Powell
Brett Kelley Little Rob
R. Lee Ermey Dick Mead
Carter McNeese Storekeeper Wilson
Dean Whitworth Tom Clemmons
Stephanie Weaver Mrs. Bundy
Muse Watson Drifter #1
Paul Austin KKK #1 / Folsom
Doug Sloan Marshall #2
Ray McKinnon Lawyer Webb
Maury Chaykin Lawyer Dawson
Richard Lineback Timothy Fry