Blessed Assurance (1997)
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.
Director:
Peter Bogdanovich
Writer:
Joyce Eliason
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Grant Show as Jerry Shand |
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Cicely Tyson as Vesta Lotte Battle |
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Lori Loughlin as Leslie |
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George Wendt as Sam |
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Cari Shayne as Claire Gundry |
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Rebecca Koon as Zella Shand |
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Bob King as Juel Shand |
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Allan Gurganus as Professor Title |
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Stephen Michael Ayers as Don Cahoun |
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Helen Alexander as White Woman in Church |
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Shannon Eubanks as Mrs. Grundy |
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Tommy Cresswell as Mr. Grundy |
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Louise Stratten as Sandy |
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Robby Preddy as Randa Orvilson |
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Michael Flannery as Cecil |
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Georgia Allen as Mary Irene Tatum |
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John Lawhorn as Easton Peel |
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David Dwyer as Man in Mill Town |
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Kate Finlayson as Woman in Mill Town |
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Bart Hansard as Buddy |
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Judy Simpson as Registrar |
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Brinley McClary as Minna |
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Antonia Bogdanovich as Verla |
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Lynn Llewelyn as Young Mother |
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Deborah Duke as Black Woman in Church |
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Michelle Benjamin Cooper as Cassandra |
| Sound | Mark Snow | Music |
| Costume & Make-Up | K-Bobby | Hairstylist |
| Writing | Allan Gurganus | Novel |
| Camera | Rohn Schmidt | Director of Photography |
| Writing | Joyce Eliason | Screenplay |
| Editing | David Siegel | Editor |
| Art | Norm Baron | Production Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Darlene Brumfield | Hairstylist |
| Production | Susan Bluestein | Casting |
| Art | Ward Preston | Art Direction |
| Costume & Make-Up | Yvonne Blake | Costume Design |
| Sound | Thomas Varga | Sound |
| Art | Joseph Litsch | Set Decoration |
| Directing | Peter Bogdanovich | Director |