Resting Place

1h 40min

Drama

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.

Production Companies

Marian Rees Associates

Hallmark Hall of Fame Productions

Cast

John Lithgow

John Lithgow

Maj. Kendall Laird
Morgan Freeman

Morgan Freeman

Luther Johnson
CCH Pounder

CCH Pounder

Ada Johnson
Frances Sternhagen

Frances Sternhagen

Eudora McCallister
Richard Brooks

Richard Brooks

Booker T. Douglas
Richard Bradford

Richard Bradford

Gen. Willard P. Hauer
G. D. Spradlin

G. D. Spradlin

Sam Jennings
John Philbin

John Philbin

Bradford Erskine

Release date

27th Apr 1986

Status

Released

Spoken languages

English