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Blessed Assurance (1997)

Upon his discharge following the Korean War, soldier Jerry moves back to the small town in South Carolina where he grew up. Jerry is reunited with his old flame Leslie, gets a job as an insurance salesman and begins to heal from the emotional damage caused by the war. But Jerry faces a serious moral dilemma when the job he depends on for his livelihood leads him to take advantage of an elderly African-American woman and the members of her community.

Release: 1997-08-17
Runtime: 120 min
Cast
Grant Show
Grant Show
Jerry Shand
Cicely Tyson
Cicely Tyson
Vesta Lotte Battle
Lori Loughlin
Lori Loughlin
Leslie
George Wendt
George Wendt
Sam
Cari Shayne
Cari Shayne
Claire Gundry
Rebecca Koon
Rebecca Koon
Zella Shand
Bob King
Bob King
Juel Shand
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Allan Gurganus
Professor Title
Stephen Michael Ayers
Stephen Michael Ayers
Don Cahoun
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Helen Alexander
White Woman in Church
Shannon Eubanks
Shannon Eubanks
Mrs. Grundy
Tommy Cresswell
Tommy Cresswell
Mr. Grundy
Louise Stratten
Louise Stratten
Sandy
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Robby Preddy
Randa Orvilson
Michael Flannery
Michael Flannery
Cecil
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Georgia Allen
Mary Irene Tatum
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John Lawhorn
Easton Peel
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David Dwyer
Man in Mill Town