Movie Description
Resting Place
(1986)Overview
A television movie set in Rockville, Georgia, in 1972. Major Kendall Laird, a Survival Assistance Officer, arrives in this sleepy little town with the body of Lieutenant Dwyte Johnson, a Vietnam war hero. It's Laird's job to help Johnson's parents bury their son. But since the dead hero was black, his parents are turned away by the white racists who maintain the town's "all-white" cemetery.
Featured Crew
- Director : John Korty
- Producer : Robert Huddleston
- Writer : Walter Halsey Davis
- Cast : John Lithgow,Morgan Freeman,CCH Pounder,Frances Sternhagen,Richard Brooks,Richard Bradford,G.D. Spradlin,M. Emmet Walsh,John Philbin,Brian Tarantina
Cast
Maj. Kendall Laird
Luther Johnson
Ada Johnson
Eudora McCallister
Booker T. Douglas
Gen. Willard P. Hauer
Sam Jennings
Sarge
Bradford Erskine
Sp4 Beyer
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Facts
Original TitleResting Place
Status Released
Release Information
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1986-04-27
Original LanguageEnglish
Runtime 01h 40m
Production CompaniesMarian Rees Associates,Hallmark Hall of Fame Productions
Genres
- Drama






































