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.
Genre: Drama, Thriller, Mystery, Romance
Stars: Jodie Foster, Richard Gere, Bill Pullman, James Earl Jones, Lanny Flaherty, William Windom
Crew: Jon Amiel (Director), Sarah Kernochan (Screenplay), Nicholas Meyer (Author), Anthony Shaffer (Author), Richard Gere (Executive Producer), Maggie Wilde (Executive Producer)
Country: France, United States of America
Language: English
Studio: Regency Enterprises, Alcor Films, Le Studio Canal+, Warner Bros. Pictures
Runtime: 109 minutes
Quality: HD
Released: Feb 05, 1993
IMDb: 4.645
Keywords:husband wife relationship, court case, war veteran, ku klux klan, southern usa, village life, return, peasant, suspicion of murder, gallows, violent husband, death sentence, agriculture, racial segregation, based on true story, look-alike, impostor, hanging, post civil war, soldier's wife, reconstruction era