Blessed Assurance (1997)

7.0/10 • 120 min • Drama TV Movie

Overview

Upon his discharge following the Korean War, soldier Jerry moves back to the small town in South Carolina where he grew up. Jerry is reunited with his old flame Leslie, gets a job as an insurance salesman and begins to heal from the emotional damage caused by the war. But Jerry faces a serious moral dilemma when the job he depends on for his livelihood leads him to take advantage of an elderly African-American woman and the members of her community.

Cast

Grant Show

Cicely Tyson

Vesta Lotte Battle

Lori Loughlin

George Wendt

Cari Shayne

Rebecca Koon

Bob King

Stephen Michael Ayers

Shannon Eubanks

Tommy Cresswell

Louise Stratten

Michael Flannery

Cecil

Bart Hansard

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