Blessed Assurance

Blessed Assurance

120 mins | Drama, TV Movie | Aug. 17, 1997

Convinced that he's entitled to a life of fame and fortune, Korean War vet Jerry Shand (Grant Show) returns home to his fiancee (Lori Loughlin) and pursues a lucrative --if unprincipled -- insurance career. But when he meets the elderly client Vesta (Cicely Tyson), she begins to shed light on the destructive path Jerry has chosen to travel. Peter Bogdanovich directs this film set against the backdrop of racial tensions in the American South.

Blessed Assurance

120 mins | Drama, TV Movie | Aug. 17, 1997

Blessed Assurance
Convinced that he's entitled to a life of fame and fortune, Korean War vet Jerry Shand (Grant Show) returns home to his fiancee (Lori Loughlin) and pursues a lucrative --if unprincipled -- insurance career. But when he meets the elderly client Vesta (Cicely Tyson), she begins to shed light on the destructive path Jerry has chosen to travel. Peter Bogdanovich directs this film set against the backdrop of racial tensions in the American South.
IMDb rating 6.3
Producers Frank Konigsberg Productions
Original title Blessed Assurance
Directors Peter Bogdanovich
Writers Allan Gurganus, Joyce Eliason

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

Allan Gurganus

as Professor Title

Stephen Michael Ayers

as Don Cahoun

Helen Alexander

as White Woman in Church

Shannon Eubanks

as Mrs. Grundy

Tommy Cresswell

as Mr. Grundy

Louise Stratten

as Sandy

Robby Preddy

as Randa Orvilson

Michael Flannery

as Cecil

Georgia Allen

as Mary Irene Tatum

John Lawhorn

as Easton Peel

David Dwyer

as Man in Mill Town

Kate Finlayson

as Woman in Mill Town

Bart Hansard

as Buddy

Judy Simpson

as Registrar

Brinley McClary

as Minna

Lynn Llewelyn

as Young Mother

Deborah Duke

as Black Woman in Church