Sommersby (1993)

02/05/1993 (FR) • 1h 49m

Drama, Thriller, Mystery, Romance

She knew his face. His touch. His voice. She knew everything about him ... But the truth.

Overview

Set in the South just after the US Civil War, Laurel Sommersby is just managing to work the farm without her husband, believed killed in battle. By all accounts, Jack Sommersby was not a pleasant man, thus when he suddenly returns, Laurel has mixed emotions. It appears that Jack has changed a great deal, leading some people to believe that this is not actually Jack but an imposter. Laurel herself is unsure, but willing to take the man into her home, and perhaps later into her heart.

Top Billed Cast

Jodie Foster

Laurel Sommersby

Richard Gere

John Robert Sommersby / Horace Townsend

Bill Pullman

Orin Meecham

James Earl Jones

Judge Barry Conrad Issacs

William Windom

Reverend Powell

Brett Kelley

Little Rob


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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

$30,000,000.00

Revenue

$140,081,992.00

Keywords

husband wife relationship

court case

war veteran

ku klux klan

southern usa

village life

return

peasant

suspicion of murder

gallows

violent husband

death sentence

agriculture

racial segregation

based on true story

look-alike

impostor

hanging

post civil war

soldier's wife

reconstruction era

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