Sommersby

Sommersby

109 mins | Drama, Thriller, Romance, Mystery | Feb. 5, 1993

Set in the South just after the US Civil War, Laurel Sommersby is just managing to work the farm without her husband, believed killed in battle. By all accounts, Jack Sommersby was not a pleasant man, thus when he suddenly returns, Laurel has mixed emotions. It appears that Jack has changed a great deal, leading some people to believe that this is not actually Jack but an imposter. Laurel herself is unsure, but willing to take the man into her home, and perhaps later into her heart.

Sommersby

109 mins | Drama, Thriller, Romance, Mystery | Feb. 5, 1993

Sommersby
Set in the South just after the US Civil War, Laurel Sommersby is just managing to work the farm without her husband, believed killed in battle. By all accounts, Jack Sommersby was not a pleasant man, thus when he suddenly returns, Laurel has mixed emotions. It appears that Jack has changed a great deal, leading some people to believe that this is not actually Jack but an imposter. Laurel herself is unsure, but willing to take the man into her home, and perhaps later into her heart.
IMDb rating 6.3
Producers Canal+, Regency Enterprises, Alcor Films
Original title Sommersby
Directors Xochi Blymyer, Douglas A. Raine, Eva Z. Cabrera, Jon Amiel, Josh McLaglen
Writers Sarah Kernochan, Anthony Shaffer, Nicholas Meyer

Cast

Jodie Foster

as Laurel Sommersby

Richard Gere

as John Robert Sommersby / Horace Townsend

Bill Pullman

as Orin Meecham

James Earl Jones

as Judge Barry Conrad Issacs

Lanny Flaherty

as Buck

William Windom

as Reverend Powell

Wendell Wellman

as Travis

Brett Kelley

as Little Rob

Clarice Taylor

as Esther

Frankie Faison

as Joseph

R. Lee Ermey

as Dick Mead

Richard Hamilton

as Doc Evans

Karen Kirschenbauer

as Mrs. Evans

Carter McNeese

as Storekeeper Wilson

Dean Whitworth

as Tom Clemmons

Stephanie Weaver

as Mrs. Bundy

Muse Watson

as Drifter #1

Paul Austin

as KKK #1 / Folsom

Frank Hoyt Taylor

as KKK #2

Doug Sloan

as Marshall #2

Ray McKinnon

as Lawyer Webb

Maury Chaykin

as Lawyer Dawson

Richard Lineback

as Timothy Fry