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Former fashion photographer Randall Harris debuts with this gritty drama about justice and redemption in rural Georgia during the Great Depression. Jesse Banks Rhodes (Harry Connick, Jr.) is suddenly and inexplicably released from jail after serving part of a life sentence on a trumped up charge for murder. He heads back for Georgia to reclaim his life and finds himself staying with farmer Ben Alexander (Pete Postlethwaite). Initially, Ben's family is mistrustful of the ex-con, but slowly they begin to warm to him, particularly Ben's fragile daughter Wesley (Patricia Clarkson). After witnessing the murder of a black worker at the hands of his drunken white racist boss, Jesse vows to make things right.
Theatrical
Sep 20, 1999
Cast
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Harry Connick Jr.
Jesse Banks Rhodes
P
Pete Postlethwaite
Ben Alexander
P
Patricia Clarkson
Wesley
V
Vinessa Shaw
Cordelia
W
Walton Goggins
Plantation Owner
A
Afemo Omilami
Horace
D
David Pickens
Warden
J
John Bennes
Lawyer
M
Matthew Brady
Inmate 1
S
Stacie Richards Dail
Young Crying Woman
D
David de Vries
M
Michael Gaston
Edgar
F
Frank Roberts
Sheriff Pitts
L
Laura Sametz
Mrs. Blessing
R
Ron Clinton Smith
Vernon
H
Haviland Stillwell
Lila
J
Judson Vaughn
Station Manager
T
Tim Ware
Foreman
E
Earl Maddox
Convict
K
Kinsey McLean
Picnicker
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