Resting Place

• Director: John Korty
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• Genre: War
• Movie Type: War Drama, Message Movie
• Themes: Race Relations, Military Life
• Main Cast: John Lithgow
• Release Year: 1986
• Country: US
• Run Time: 100 minutes

Plot

Set in 1972, The Resting Place stars John Lithgow as an Army major who accompanies the body of a young black lieutenant killed in action to the dead man's Georgia home town. Though the local cemetery is for whites only, the town's resident liberal has paid for a plot for the deceased lieutenant. Lithgow attempts to convince the racially divided community that the boy deserves to be buried in the segregated cemetery because he died a hero--but in so doing, the major unearths evidence that the lieutenant may have been "fragged" by his own troops. While it might seem that far too many issues are being raised for a mere two hours' screen time, Walter Halsey Davis' script successfully balances all the elements, and the results are both provocative and moving. The Resting Place was originally presented as a Hallmark Hall of Fame special on April 27, 1986. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Cast

Richard Bradford - Willard P. Hauer; John Lithgow - Major Kendall Laird; John Philbin - Bradford Erskine; CCH Pounder - Ada Johnson; Frances Sternhagen - Mrs. Eudora McAlister; Brian Tarantina - Spec-4 Beyer; M. Emmet Walsh - Sarge; Morgan Freeman - Luther Johnson; G.D. Spradlin - Sam Jennings; Richard Brooks - Booker T. Douglas

Credit

John Korty - Director, Bonnie Koehler - Editor, Paul Chihara - Composer (Music Score), William Wages - Cinematographer, Robert Huddleston - Producer, Walter Halsey Davis - Screenwriter

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