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Sommersby ***

on BBC Two England

Period drama. Two years after the end of the American
Civil War, Jack Sommersby returns home to his wife. His personality seems to have drastically changed for the better, but as he has been away for seven years, his wife and others set aside their suspicions that he may be an imposter. Widescreen. Review page 47.
Director Jon Amiel (1993, 12) (S) (W)

Contributors

Unknown:
Jack Sommersby
Director:
Jon Amiel
Jack Sommersby:
Richard Gere
Laurel Sommersby:
Jodie Foster
Orin Meecham:
Bill Pullman
Judge Isaacs:
James Earl Jones
Buck:
Lanny Flaherty
Reverend Powell:
William Windom
Travis:
Wendell Wellman
Little Rob:
Brett Kelley
Esther:
Clarice Taylor
Joseph:
Frankie Faison
Dick Mead:
Ronald Lee Ermey
Doc Evans:
Richard Hamilton
Mrs Evans:
Karen Kirschenbauer

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