Blessed Assurance
movie
Released August 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
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
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Allan Gurganus
as
Professor Title
Stephen Michael Ayers
as
Don Cahoun
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Helen Alexander
as
White Woman in Church
Shannon Eubanks
as
Mrs. Grundy
Tommy Cresswell
as
Mr. Grundy
Crew
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Allan Gurganus
as
Novel
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Joyce Eliason
as
Screenplay
Mark Snow
as
Music
Rohn Schmidt
as
Director of Photography
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David Siegel
as
Editor
Susan Bluestein
as
Casting
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Norm Baron
as
Production Design
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Ward Preston
as
Art Direction
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Joseph Litsch
as
Set Decoration
Yvonne Blake
as
Costume Design
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Darlene Brumfield
as
Hairstylist
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K-Bobby
as
Hairstylist