Release Date

20 Sep, 1999

Runtime

01:36: (HH:MM)

Synopsis

Former fashion photographer Randall Harris debuts with this gritty drama about justice and redemption in rural Georgia during the Great Depression. Jesse Banks Rhodes (Harry Connick, Jr.) is suddenly and inexplicably released from jail after serving part of a life sentence on a trumped up charge for murder. He heads back for Georgia to reclaim his life and finds himself staying with farmer Ben Alexander (Pete Postlethwaite). Initially, Ben's family is mistrustful of the ex-con, but slowly they begin to warm to him, particularly Ben's fragile daughter Wesley (Patricia Clarkson). After witnessing the murder of a black worker at the hands of his drunken white racist boss, Jesse vows to make things right.

Original Title

Wayward Son

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Actors

Harry Connick Jr.

Pete Postlethwaite

Patricia Clarkson

Vinessa Shaw

Walton Goggins

Afemo Omilami

David Pickens

John Bennes

Matthew Brady

Stacie Richards Dail

David de Vries

Michael Gaston

Rodney L. James

Chris Jenkins

Michael Perry

Frank Roberts

Laura Sametz

Ron Clinton Smith

Haviland Stillwell

Judson Vaughn

Tim Ware

Crew

David Hennings

David Crank

Louise Rubacky

Randall Harris

Helen P. Butler

James Newton Howard

Steve Porcaro

Randall Harris