A Special Friendship

A Special Friendship

95 mins | Drama, TV Movie | March 31, 1987

During the American Civil War, two women, a wealthy white woman and a freed black slave, join forces to fight for freedom and the abolition of slavery.

A Special Friendship

95 mins | Drama, TV Movie | March 31, 1987

A Special Friendship
During the American Civil War, two women, a wealthy white woman and a freed black slave, join forces to fight for freedom and the abolition of slavery.
Producers Entertainment Partners Ltd.
Original title A Special Friendship
Directors Fielder Cook
Writers Kenneth Cavander

Cast

Tracy Pollan

as Elizabeth Van Lew

Akosua Busia

as Mary Bowser

Tom Aldredge

as Jefferson Davis

Richard Brooks

as Matt Bowser

LeVar Burton

as Ben Sumner

Josef Sommer

as General Winder

Cynthia Harris

as Mrs. Van Lew

Patricia Elliott

as Mrs, Davis

Adam Storke

as Tom Gadsden