Decoration Day

Decoration Day

100 mins | Drama, TV Movie | Dec. 2, 1990

A cantankerous widower (Garner) who is virtually living the life of a recluse is forced to rejoin his community when his Godchild (Skaggs) gets in trouble and a childhood friend (Cobbs), a black tenant farmer, refuses to belatedly accept a Congressional Medal of Honor for bravery in World War II.

Decoration Day

100 mins | Drama, TV Movie | Dec. 2, 1990

Decoration Day
A cantankerous widower (Garner) who is virtually living the life of a recluse is forced to rejoin his community when his Godchild (Skaggs) gets in trouble and a childhood friend (Cobbs), a black tenant farmer, refuses to belatedly accept a Congressional Medal of Honor for bravery in World War II.
IMDb rating 7.2
Producers
Original title Decoration Day
Directors Robert Markowitz
Writers Robert W. Lenski

Cast

James Garner

as Albert Sidney Finch

Judith Ivey

as Terry Novis

Ruby Dee

as Rowena

Bill Cobbs

as Gee Pennywell

Laurence Fishburne

as Michael Waring, DOD Man

Jo Anderson

as Loreen Wendell

Norm Skaggs

as Billy Wendell