Overview
A cantankerous widower (Garner) who is virtually living the life of a recluse is forced to rejoin his community when his Godchild (Skaggs) gets in trouble and a childhood friend (Cobbs), a black tenant farmer, refuses to belatedly accept a Congressional Medal of Honor for bravery in World War II.
Cast
- James Garner as Albert Sidney Finch
- Judith Ivey as Terry Novis
- Ruby Dee as Rowena
- Bill Cobbs as Gee Pennywell
- Laurence Fishburne as Michael Waring, DOD Man
- Jo Anderson as Loreen Wendell
- Norm Skaggs as Billy Wendell
- Wallace Wilkinson as Judge Wesley
- Jonathan Peck as Young Gee
- Ric Reitz as Young Albert