Blessed Assurance
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120 minutes
8/17/1997
Overview
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.
Cast List
Grant Show
as Jerry Shand
Cicely Tyson
as Vesta Lotte Battle
Lori Loughlin
as Leslie
George Wendt
as Sam
Cari Shayne
as Claire Gundry
Rebecca Koon
as Zella Shand
Bob King
as Juel Shand
Allan Gurganus
as Professor Title
Stephen Michael Ayers
as Don Cahoun
Helen Alexander
as White Woman in Church
Shannon Eubanks
as Mrs. Grundy
Tommy Cresswell
as Mr. Grundy
Louise Stratten
as Sandy
Robby Preddy
as Randa Orvilson
Michael Flannery
as Cecil
Georgia Allen
as Mary Irene Tatum
John Lawhorn
as Easton Peel
David Dwyer
as Man in Mill Town
Kate Finlayson
as Woman in Mill Town
Bart Hansard
as Buddy
Judy Simpson
as Registrar
Brinley McClary
as Minna
Antonia Bogdanovich
as Verla
Lynn Llewelyn
as Young Mother
Deborah Duke
as Black Woman in Church
Michelle Benjamin Cooper
as Cassandra