Sommersby

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.

Cast

Jodie Foster

Jodie Foster

as Laurel Sommersby

Richard Gere

Richard Gere

as John Robert Sommersby / Horace Townsend

Bill Pullman

Bill Pullman

as Orin Meecham

James Earl Jones

James Earl Jones

as Judge Barry Conrad Issacs

Lanny Flaherty

Lanny Flaherty

as Buck

William Windom

William Windom

as Reverend Powell

Wendell Wellman

Wendell Wellman

as Travis

Brett Kelley

Brett Kelley

as Little Rob

Clarice Taylor

Clarice Taylor

as Esther

Frankie Faison

Frankie Faison

as Joseph

Reviews

John Chard

You and this child are in danger of spending eternity in everlasting damnation! Directed by Jon Amiel, Sommersby is adapted from the historical account of 16th Century French peasant Martin Guerre. It was previously filmed as The Return of Martin Guerre in 1982. It stars Richard Gere, Jodie Fos...

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